Barbarism and Religion: Volume 4, Barbarians, Savages and Empires - Hardcover

Pocock, J. G. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521856256 ISBN 13: 9780521856256

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

'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.

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Review:

'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

Book Description:

In the fourth volume of Barbarism and Religion - Edward Gibbon's own phrase, Pocock argues that barbarism was central to the history of western historiography, to the history of the Enlightenment, and to Edward Gibbon himself. This book was first published in 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521856256
• ISBN 13: 9780521856256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388