{"product_id":"civilization-and-its-contents-9780804750820","title":"Civilization and Its Contents","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Civilization\" is a constantly invoked term.  It is used by both politicians and scholars.  How useful, in fact, is this term?  \u003ci\u003eCivilization and Its Contents\u003c\/i\u003e traces the origins of the concept in the eighteenth century.  It shows its use as a colonial ideology, and then as a support for racism.  The term was extended to a dead society, Egyptian civilization, and was appropriated by Japan, China, and Islamic countries.  This latter development lays the groundwork for the contemporary call for a \"dialogue of civilizations.\"  The author proposes instead that today the use of the term \"civilization\" has a global meaning, with local variants recognized as cultures.  It may be more appropriate, however, to abandon the name \"civilization\" and to focus on a new understanding of the civilizing process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bruce Mazlish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48294708052219,"sku":"9780804750820","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780804750820.jpg?v=1772482489","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/civilization-and-its-contents-9780804750820","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}