03402nam 2200721 a 450 991045515440332120200520144314.01-282-23940-697866122394030-226-06816-110.7208/9780226068169(CKB)1000000000773715(EBL)448527(OCoLC)435437658(SSID)ssj0000146184(PQKBManifestationID)11135080(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146184(PQKBWorkID)10183574(PQKB)11230662(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122723(MiAaPQ)EBC448527(DE-B1597)523629(DE-B1597)9780226068169(Au-PeEL)EBL448527(CaPaEBR)ebr10317901(CaONFJC)MIL223940(EXLCZ)99100000000077371520080725d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe empire of civilization[electronic resource] the evolution of an imperial idea /Brett BowdenChicago University of Chicago Press20091 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-14240-X 0-226-06814-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index.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.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 volumCivilizationPhilosophyCivilizationHistoryImperialismInternational relationsPhilosophyPhilosophy, EuropeanEuropeTerritorial expansionElectronic books.CivilizationPhilosophy.CivilizationHistory.Imperialism.International relationsPhilosophy.Philosophy, European.303.48/201Bowden Brett1968-969829MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455154403321The empire of civilization2204348UNINA