Barbarism and Religion: Volume 4, Barbarians, Savages and Empires (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521721011)

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.

Author: J. G. a. Pocock
ISBN-10: 0521721016
ISBN-13: 9780521721011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2008
Pages: 388
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
London Review of Books 11/06/2008 pg. 16