Mohlo by se vám také líbit

Více informací o knize Liberal Barbarism

• Parametry knihy
• Anotace
• Oblíbené z jiného soudku

Nákupem získáte 168 bodů

Anotace knihy

This work explains why British and French armies destroyed Yuanmingyuan, the imperial palace north-west of Beijing in 1860. Yuanmingyuan was the main residence of the Chinese emperors, a large collection of gardens and buildings filled with precious objects, together representing the imperial view of the world. The intellectual puzzle which the book addresses concerns why the Europeans, bent on "civilizing" the Chinese, engaged in this act of barbarism. The answer is provided through an analysis of the performative aspect of the confrontation between Europe and China, focusing on the differences in the way their respective international systems were conceptualized. The destruction of Yuanmingyuan was the European's attempt to strike the Chinese with awe and force them to give up their way of organizing international relations. The contradictions which the events of 1860 exemplify - the contradiction between civilization and barbarism - is a theme running through all European (and North American) relations with the rest of the world, including, most recently, the US war in Iraq.

Parametry knihy

Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Humanities History History: specific events & topics

• Plný název: Liberal Barbarism
• Podnázev: The European Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China
• Autor: Erik Ringmar
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 258
• EAN: 9781137268914
• ISBN: 1137268913
• ID: 09501831
• Nakladatelství: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Hmotnost: 392 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 153 × 19 mm
• Datum vydání: 03. September 2015

Oblíbené z jiného soudku

---

---

---