The empire of civilization : the evolution of an imperial idea / / Brett Bowden.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 303 p. |
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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.