1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455154403321

Autore

Bowden Brett <1968->

Titolo

The empire of civilization [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of an imperial idea / / Brett Bowden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-23940-6

9786612239403

0-226-06816-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/201

Soggetti

Civilization - Philosophy

Civilization - History

Imperialism

International relations - Philosophy

Philosophy, European

Electronic books.

Europe Territorial expansion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460169603321

Titolo

Afroeuropean cartographies / / edited by Dominic Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle Upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

ISBN

1-4438-7014-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

808.127638

Soggetti

African literature

Authors, African

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; A TIMELY INTERVENTION-OR BEFORE ITS TIME?A SHORT HISTORY OF EUROPEAN ACTIONFOR RACIAL EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE; VIE ET RÊVES DE L'ENTRE-DEUX; CASARSE CON UN AFRICANO.MATRIMONIO MIXTO Y SUFRIMIENTOEN FEMENINO; LE MYTHE D'UNE EUROPE "BLANCHE"ET PERCEPTIONS DE LA DIFFÉRENCE; INTEGRACIÓN E HIBRIDEZEN MÁS ALLÁ DEL MAR DE ARENADE AGNÈS AGBOTON1; PLAYING WITH THE PAST; L ́EUROPE, TERRE PROMISE; N'SONDÉ'S POST-2005 YOUTH MURAL; BLACK EUROPE BODY POLITICS; ESCRITURA CINEMATOGRÁFICAEN EL ENCUENTRO, DESENCUENTROA LA EUROBEA; REGARDS LECLÉZIENS SUR L ́AFRIQUE

CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Literary production is increasingly shaped by globalization and the complex nature of cultural, political, and social interaction. As such, longstanding colonial and postcolonial relations between Africa and Europe have yielded a range of challenging questions, and new generations of writers with roots in Africa have invariably found



themselves navigating new geographic terrains and negotiating racialized identities, while simultaneously exploring the potential of literature in addressing the...