LEADER 03794nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910778060403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-23940-6 010 $a9786612239403 010 $a0-226-06816-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226068169 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773715 035 $a(EBL)448527 035 $a(OCoLC)435437658 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000146184 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135080 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146184 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183574 035 $a(PQKB)11230662 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122723 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC448527 035 $a(DE-B1597)523629 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226068169 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL448527 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10317901 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL223940 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773715 100 $a20080725d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe empire of civilization$b[electronic resource] $ethe evolution of an imperial idea /$fBrett Bowden 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (319 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-14240-X 311 $a0-226-06814-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aThe 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 606 $aCivilization$xPhilosophy 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aImperialism 606 $aInternational relations$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy, European 607 $aEurope$xTerritorial expansion 610 $aempire, civilization, race, whiteness, imperialism, colonialism, war on terror, religion, history, uniformity, conformity, otherness, globalization, international relations, philosophy, territory, expansion, progress, art, science, modernity, enlightenment, colonization, spain, cosmopolitanism, white mans burden, monetary fund, nation building, military interventions, finance, trade, commerce, nonfiction. 615 0$aCivilization$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aInternational relations$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy, European. 676 $a303.48/201 700 $aBowden$b Brett$f1968-$01522767 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778060403321 996 $aThe empire of civilization$93762645 997 $aUNINA