The empire of civilization the evolution of an imperial idea /

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Main Author: Bowden, Brett, 1968-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.