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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowden, Brett, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization--Philosophy.

Civilization.

Civilization--History.

Imperialism.

International relations--Philosophy.

International relations.

Philosophy, European.

Europe--Territorial expansion.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 volum

Contents:

Introduction: Guizot's question : universal civilization?

Civilization, progress, and history : universals all?

The ideal of civilization : its origins, meanings, and implications

Civilization and the idea of progress

The notion of universal civilization : one end for all?

The art and science of empire

The expansion of Europe and the classical standard of civilization

The burden of civilization and the "art and science of colonization"

New barbarism, old civilization, revived imperialism

New barbarism and the test of modernity

The "new realities" of imperialism

Conclusion: The future of intercivilizational relations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786612239403

9781282239401

1282239406

9780226068169

0226068161

OCLC:

435437658