The American Civilizing ProcessJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013/04/24 - 400 ページ Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American development, from the first settlers to the American Empire. He takes a novel approach, analysing the USA’s experience in the light of Norbert Elias’s theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes. Drawing comparisons between the USA and other countries of the world, the topics discussed include:
Mennell shows how the long-term experience of Americans has been of growing more and more powerful in relation to their neighbours. This has had all-pervasive effects on the way they see themselves, their perception of the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world sees them. Mennell’s compelling and provocative account will appeal to anyone concerned about America's role in the world today, including students and scholars of American politics and society. |
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... Established—outsiders relations Conclusion: The plan and major themes of the book American Aristocracies The colonial gentry The South: American Junkers? The. 1 'American Civilization' The Founding Fathers as philosophes 'Progress ...
... established once more, as a new aristocratic upper class began to form from elements of diverse social origins. This started earlier in some parts of Europe than others — England was among the earliest — and there were reversals well ...
... established and its territory extended. To call them taxation at this early stage would be to beg the question; the line between taxation and what in a different context we would now call a 'protection racket' is a fine one. The word ...
... established: without established state authority, there are only feuds and revenge killing. 'Punishment' requires a monopoly of the power to punish. Elias sought to show in much more detail than did Weber the longterm processes through ...
... established a more secure royal monopoly than their French contemporaries, and to be well on the way to creating a court society and royal absolutist regime, the consequence of their efforts was the civil wars of the mid-seventeenth ...