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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... sense that America is different: it is not Europe. And Elias often seems to be preoccupied with just those features of European societies — notably aristocrats and courtiers and well-defined class boundaries — that Founding Fathers like ...
... sense of being different from Europe has played a leading part in American thought since the beginning of European colonization. So too, however, has been the sense of America's being an offspring of Europe, and of Europe's sternly ...
... sense, unless the context makes clear that I am referring to the states of the Union. The normal meaning of the word 'state' in America denotes an entity that under other systems of government might be called 'provinces' or Lander.) To ...
... sense planned that the kings whose principal seat was Paris would extend their territories until they reached the boundaries of the hexagon, and then stop. For much of the Middle Ages the Paris kings were locked in combat with other ...
... sense of inferiority is then weakened. Inequalities once taken for granted are challenged. The twentieth century saw an astonishing sequence of emancipation struggles: of workers, of colonial peoples, of ethnic groups, of women, of ...