{"product_id":"barbarism-and-religion-volume-4-barbarians-savages-and-empires-hardback-9780521856256","title":"Barbarism and Religion: Volume 4, Barbarians, Savages and Empires (Hardback) 9780521856256","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBarbarism and Religion: Volume 4, Barbarians, Savages and Empires\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fourth volume of Barbarism and Religion, first published in 2005, which focuses on eighteenth-century Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. G. A. Pocock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521856256, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 October 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e388 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book's challenging combination of Gibbonian study with history, historiography and philosophy carries Prof. Pocock's work onto a new level and one that will deepen the reader's understanding of all four.'  Contemporary Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Barbarism and Religion' - Edward Gibbon's own phrase - is the title of a sequence of works by John Pocock designed to situate Gibbon, and his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in a series of contexts in the history of eighteenth-century Europe. In the fourth volume in the sequence, first published in 2005, Pocock argues that 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 civilised societies in the light of exposure to newly discovered civilisations which were, until then, beyond the reach of history itself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The History and Theory of Barbarism: 1. Introducing the barbarian: problems of barbarism and religion\u003cbr\u003e 2. Anquetil-Duperron: despotism and prophecy in Sassanid Persia\u003cbr\u003e 3. Antoine-Yves Goguet: the Confusion of Tongues and the origins of civility\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thomas Carte: Japhetic settlers in the western islands\u003cbr\u003e 5. The first Germans: lethargy and passion in a transhumant culture\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Joseph de Guignes and the Discovery of Eurasia: 6. Gentile history in the further Asia\u003cbr\u003e 7. The many faces of Fo: the problem of religion in Eurasian history\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hans, Huns and Romans: the rhythms of barbarism and empire\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The New World and the Problem of History: 9. The invention and discovery of savagery\u003cbr\u003e 10. Robertson's America: the Scottish theoretical encounter with the New World\u003cbr\u003e 11. The universe of savagery and the search for history\u003cbr\u003e 12. Ancient history for modern settlers: the response to Robertson\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Crisis of the Seaborne Empires: 13. European history and the global ocean\u003cbr\u003e 14. The antiquity of Asia: legislators, priests and the tragedy of history\u003cbr\u003e 15. American savages and European barbarians: the invasion of the natural world\u003cbr\u003e 16, Slaves and settlers: the sugar islands in the new geopolitics\u003cbr\u003e 17. Utopia and revolution: the northern continent in history\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 18. Gibbon and the Empires\u003cbr\u003e Envoi\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of works cited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913153962264,"sku":"9780521856256","price":107.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521856256i_751ae333-ed09-4ad7-8888-d1449f334c1c.jpg?v=1691358408","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/barbarism-and-religion-volume-4-barbarians-savages-and-empires-hardback-9780521856256","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}