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UNINA9910455154403321 |
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Bowden Brett <1968-> |
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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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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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Civilization - Philosophy |
Civilization - History |
Imperialism |
International relations - Philosophy |
Philosophy, European |
Electronic books. |
Europe Territorial expansion |
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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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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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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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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 |
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UNINA9910460169603321 |
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Afroeuropean cartographies / / edited by Dominic Thomas |
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Newcastle Upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014 |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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African literature |
Authors, African |
Electronic books. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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themselves navigating new geographic terrains and negotiating racialized identities, while simultaneously exploring the potential of literature in addressing the... |
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