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Author Bowden, Brett, 1968-

Title The empire of civilization [electronic resource] : the evolution of an imperial idea / Brett Bowden.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Description xi, 303 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Civilization -- Philosophy.
Civilization -- History.
Imperialism.
International relations -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, European.
Europe -- Territorial expansion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780226068145 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226068145 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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