Savagism and Civilization - Softcover

Bancroft, Hubert Howe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1534600132 ISBN 13: 9781534600133

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

What is civilization? What is the act of civilizing? To reclaim from a savage or barbarous state; to educate; to refine? What is a savage or barbarous state? A wild, uncultivated state; a state of Nature?... "The terms savage and civilized, as applied to races of men, are relative and not absolute terms. At best these words mark only-broad shifting stages in human progress; the one near the point of departure, the other farther on toward the unattainable end. This progress is one and universal, though of varying rapidity and extent; there are degrees in savagism, and there are degrees in civilization; indeed, though placed in opposition, the one is but a degree of the other."

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1534600132
• ISBN 13: 9781534600133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84