Classical Readings on Culture and Civilization (Paperback)

Introduction: Civilization, culture and the human self-image JOHN RUNDELL AND STEPHEN MENNELL PART I Civilization as political transformation 1 Civilization and enlightenment: ‘Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View IMMANUEL KANT (1784) 2 Nations and civilizations: extracts from An Essay on the History of Civil Society 48 ADAM FERGUSON (1767) 3 Civilization, enlightenment and the New World: extracts from Notes on the State of Virginia THOMAS JEFFERSON (1781) 4 Democracy and despotism: extracts from Democracy in America ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE (1840) PART II Cultural critiques of civilization 5 Civilization and romanticism: extracts from On the Aesthetic Education of Man FRIEDRICH SCHILLER (1794) 6 Civilization as cruelty: extract from On the Genealogy of Morals (second essay) FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1887) 7 Culture’s inevitable loss: ‘On the Concept and Tragedy of Culture’ GEORG SIMMEL (1911) 8 Militarism and culture: an extract from Reflections of a Non-political Man THOMAS MANN (1918) 9 Civilization’s Streit: ‘Why War?’ SIGMUND FREUD (1932) PART III Sociology and anthropology: from civilization to civilizing processes 10 Between sociology and anthropology 1: ‘Note on the Notion of Civilization’ EMILE DURKHEIM AND MARCEL MAUSS (1913) 11 Between sociology and anthropology II: ‘Civilizations: Elements and Forms’ MARCEL MAUSS (1929) 12 History and civilization: ‘Civilisation: Evolution of a Word and a Group of Ideas’ LUCIEN FEBVRE (1930) 13 Civilization and culture ? a synthesis: ‘Fundamentals of Culture-Sociology: Social Process, Civilizational Process and Culture-Movement’ ALFRED WEBER (1921) 14 Cities of culture, cities of civilization: ‘The Problem of Cultural Differences’ ROBERT E. PARK (1931) 15 Civilization, culture, identity: “Civilisation” and “Culture”: Nationalism and Nation-State Formation’: an extract from The Germans NORBERT ELIAS (1989).