The Empire of Civilization

The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are "civilized" - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Brett Bowden is associate professor of history and political thought at the University of Western Sydney. He is the author of Civilization and War.

Zusammenfassung

The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are "civilized" - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Brett Bowden
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.03.2014
• EAN: 9780226142401
• ISBN: 978-0-226-14240-1
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 154 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Sachbuch; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, military history, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism