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Barbarism and religion. Volume Four, Barbarians, savages and empires / J. G. A. Pocock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pocock, J. G. A. (John Greville Agard), 1924- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
- Gibbon, Edward.
- Enlightenment--Great Britain.
- Enlightenment.
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Historiography.
- Rome.
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 372 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Barbarism & Religion Volume 4
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Barbarism and Religion' - Edward Gibbon's own phrase - is the title of a sequence of works by John Pocock designed to situate Gibbon, and his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in a series of contexts in the history of eighteenth-century Europe. In the fourth volume in the sequence, first published in 2005, Pocock argues that barbarism was central to the history of western historiography, to the history of the Enlightenment, and to Edward Gibbon himself. As a concept it was deeply problematic to Enlightened historians seeking to understand their own civilised societies in the light of exposure to newly discovered civilisations which were, until then, beyond the reach of history itself.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I The history and theory of barbarism; PART II Joseph de Guignes and the discovery of Eurasia; PART III The New World and the problem of history; PART IV The crisis of the seaborne empires; Conclusion; Envoi; Bibliography of works cited; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-15559-2
- 1-280-41647-5
- 9786610416479
- 0-511-18372-0
- 0-511-20182-6
- 0-511-13763-X
- 0-511-31194-X
- 0-511-49068-2
- 0-511-13546-7
- OCLC:
- 171137859
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