‘Civilization: A Contribution to the History of the Word’

‘Civilisation: Evolution of a Word and a Group of Ideas’

Civilization

In the Name of Progress and Peace: the “standard of civilization’ and the universalizing project

The ideal of civilisation: Its origins and socio‐political character

There has been a revival in the use of the terms ‘civilisation’ and ‘civilisations’ to describe and explain events in the social sciences and humanities, nowhere more so than in politics and international affairs. This revival has seen the terms interpreted and applied in a variety of manners and different…

To Rethink Standards of Civilisation, Start with the End

Many people recognise that there is a need to distinguish between states in the international system, such as on the basis of legitimacy. For much of the system’s history the means of drawing such distinctions have been standards of civilisation. For some, the need to divide and separate is unavoidable;…