Barbarism and Religion Barbarians, Savages and Empires

Name: Barbarism and Religion Barbarians, Savages and Empires
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ISBN: 9780521721011

ISBN-10: 0521721016

ISBN-13: 9780521721011

Edition: 2008

Authors: J. G. A. Pocock

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This fourth volume in John Pocock's great sequence on Barbarism and Religion focuses on the idea of barbarism. Barbarism was central to the history of western historiography, to the history of the enlightenment, and to Edward Gibbon himself. As a concept it was deeply problematic to enlightened historians seeking to understand their own civil societies in the light of exposure to newly-discovered civilizations hitherto beyond the reach of history. The troubled relationship between philosophy and history is addressed directly in this fourth volume.

Book details

List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgements


List of abbreviations


Introduction



The History and Theory of Barbarism



Introducing the barbarian: problems of barbarism and religion



Anquetil-Duperron: despotism and prophecy in Sassanid Persia



Antoine-Yves Goguet: the Confusion of Tongues and the origins of civility



Thomas Carte: Japhetic settlers in the western islands



The first Germans: lethargy and passion in a transhumant culture



Joseph de Guignes and the Discovery of Eurasia



Gentile history in the further Asia



The many faces of Fo: the problem of religion in Eurasian history



Hans, Huns and RomansL the rhythms of barbarism and empire



The New World and the Problem of History



The invention and discovery of savagery



Robertson's America: the Scottish theoretical encounter with the New World



The universe of savagery and the search for history



Ancient history for modern settlers: the response to Robertson



The Crisis of the Seaborne Empires



European history and the global ocean



The antiquity of Asia: legislators, priests and the tragedy of history



American savages and European barbarians: the invasion of the natural world



Slaves and settlers: the sugar islands in the new geopolitics



Utopia and revolution: the northern continent in history


Conclusion



Gibbon and the Empires


Envoi


Bibliography of works cited


Index