The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order (Bristol Studies in International Theory)

Linklater, Andrew

ISBN 10: 1529213878 / ISBN 13: 9781529213874

Published by Policy Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order (Bristol Studies in International Theory)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529213878
• ISBN 13: 9781529213874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The idea of civilization recurs frequently in 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 a comprehensive 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'.

About the Author

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