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The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Andrew Linklater
SeriesBristol Studies in International Theory
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:340
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781529213911
ClassificationsDewey:909
Audience
General
Illustrations No

Publishing Details

Publisher Bristol University Press
Imprint Bristol University Press
Publication Date 18 November 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The first exploration of the significance for international relations of Norbert Elias's reflections on civilization from one of his foremost exponents. The idea of civilization recurs frequently in academic and non-academic reflections on international politics. However, international relations academic writings on civilization have failed to acknowledge the major 20th Century analysis that defined the processes through which Europeans came to regard themselves as uniquely civilized - Norbert Elias's On the Process of Civilization. This book provides the first exploration of the significance of Elias's reflections on civilization for international relations. It explains the working principles of an Eliasian, or process-sociological, approach to civilization and international relations and demonstrates how the interdependencies between state-formation, colonialism and an emergent international society shaped the European civilizing process.

Author Biography

Andrew Linklater is Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University.