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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... : From Frontier to Empire Manifest destiny and latent dynamics: a necessary theoretical digression The balance between the planned and the unplanned in US territorial expansion 10 11 12 'Sovereignty' as a function of power ratios.
... territories to compel people to restrain their impulses towards violence, but he contended that, 'if in this or that region the power of central authority grows, if over a larger or smaller area the people are forced to live in peace ...
... territory, by virtue of commanding a monopoly of the legitimate use of violence. (Throughout my book, the term 'state' is used in this sense, unless the context makes clear that I am referring to the states of the Union. The normal ...
... territories was to give them the land from which they could support themselves. The means of supporting themselves were identical with the means of making them rulers of the territory independent of the king to whom they nominally owed ...
... territorial units with more effective monopoly apparatuses. Initially, around the year 1000, there were relatively ... territory and be able next to defeat the would-be passive observer. True, there is much evidence that most medieval ...