Civilization and Its Contents

by Bruce Mazlish

Book Overview

"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. The term was extended to a dead society, Egyptian civilization, and was appropriated by Japan, China, and Islamic countries. This latter development lays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804750831
• ISBN13: 9780804750837
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.5"