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Civilization and Its Contents /
"Civilization" is a constantly invoked term. It is used by both politicians and scholars. How useful, in fact, is this term? Civilization and Its Contents traces the origins of the concept in the eighteenth century. It shows its use as a colonial ideology, and then as a support for racism....
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, CA :
Stanford University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The Origins and Importance of the Concept of Civilization
- 2 Civilization as Colonial Ideology
- 3 Civilization as European Ideology
- 4 The Civilizing Process
- 5 Other Civilizations
- 6 The Dialogue of Civilizations in a Global Epoch
- 7 Conclusions
- Notes
- Index