Best left as a name for mountains. One problem with the term 'Caucasian' for ethno-racial theorizing of that sort would be that Caucasian languages are not Indo-European (while, for example, Farsi, Kurdish, Pashtun, Greek, Albanian, Slavic languages, are). Efforts to link them to Semitic languages have been made. One interesting phenomenon is just how fluent many speakers of Caucasian languages have become in classical Arabic for religious purposes--compared to other non-Arabic Muslim cultures. Just a wild bit of speculation there.
The myth about St. George sounds very accommodating to the Ottomans--we will venerate your saints and respect your religion, but Jesus is not a god. CJ _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
