1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000044374

Titolo

Darkness visible / by William Golding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1979

ISBN

0-571-11454-7

Descrizione fisica

265 p. ; 21 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Golding, William

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778060403321

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

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