The empire of civilization : the evolution of an imperial idea / Brett Bowden

Englisch

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009

Online-Ressource (xi, 303 p) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index

Print version: The Empire of Civilization : The Evolution of an Imperial Idea

0-226-06814-5

978-0-226-06814-5

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-226-06814-5 (Druckausgabe)

*Europe -- Territorial expansion ; Philosophy, European ; Imperialism ; International relations -- Philosophy ; Civilization -- Philosophy ; Civilization -- History

*Civilization ; History ; Civilization ; Philosophy ; Europe ; Territorial expansion ; Imperialism ; International relations ; Philosophy ; Philosophy, European ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: CB19 ; CB19.B598 2009

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 303.48/201; ; 303.48/201 ; 320.01;

bcl: 15.50

The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, dichotomizing people, cultures, and histories as "civilized"-or not. While the idea of civilization has been deployed throughout history to justify all manner of interventions and sociopolitical engineering, few scholars have stopped to consider what the concept actually means. Here, Brett Bowden examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries. From the Crusades to the colonial era to the global war on terror, this sweeping volume exposes "civilizat

 

Online-Ausg.

2009

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

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