Barbarism and Religion: Volume 4, Barbarians, Savages and Empires (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521856256)

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: 0521856256
ISBN-13: 9780521856256
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2005
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.42w x 1.09d