The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order by Andrew Linklater

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Exploring the significance of Norbert Elias's reflections on civilization for international relations, this book explains the working principles of an Eliasian approach to civilization and demonstrates how the interdependencies between state-formation, colonialism and an emergent international society shaped the European 'civilizing process.'

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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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Process-Sociological Approach to Understanding CivilizationThe Return of Discourses of Civilization and BarbarismElias's Explanation of the European Civilizing ProcessThe Nation-State, War and Human EqualityThe Classical European 'Standard of Civilization'Civilization, Diplomacy and the Enlargement of International SocietyStandards of Civilization in the Post-European Global OrderCivilizing Processes at the Level of Humanity as a WholeSummary and Conclusions

Long Description

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 examined 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 the global order and demonstrates how the interdependencies between state-formation, colonialism and an emergent international society shaped the European 'civilizing process.'

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The first exploration of the significance for international relations of Norbert Elias's reflections on civilization from one of his foremost exponents.

Details ISBN1529213916 Author Andrew Linklater Series Bristol Studies in International Theory Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1529213916 ISBN-13 9781529213911 Format Paperback Pages 340 DEWEY 909 UK Release Date 2020-11-18 Imprint Bristol University Press Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2020-11-18 Publisher Bristol University Press Publication Date 2020-11-18 Alternative 9781529213874 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-11-17 Illustrations Not illustrated We've got this

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