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Autore |
Bowden Brett <1968-> |
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Titolo |
The empire of civilization [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of an imperial idea / / Brett Bowden |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-23940-6 |
9786612239403 |
0-226-06816-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization - Philosophy |
Civilization - History |
Imperialism |
International relations - Philosophy |
Philosophy, European |
Electronic books. |
Europe Territorial expansion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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