Universal Empire

Author : Peter Fibiger Bang,Dariusz Kolodziejczyk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139560955

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Universal Empire by Peter Fibiger Bang,Dariusz Kolodziejczyk Pdf

The claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order. As such it is an exercise in comparative world history combining a multiplicity of approaches, from ancient history, to literary and philosophical studies, to the history of art and international relations and historical sociology. The notion of universal, imperial rule is presented as an elusive and much coveted prize among monarchs in history, around which developed forms of kingship and political culture. Different facets of the phenomenon are explored under three, broadly conceived, headings: symbolism, ceremony and diplomatic relations; universal or cosmopolitan literary high-cultures; and, finally, the inclination to present universal imperial rule as an expression of cosmic order.

Author : Peter Fibiger Bang,Dariusz Kolodziejczyk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107022676

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Universal Empire by Peter Fibiger Bang,Dariusz Kolodziejczyk Pdf

This book explores the aspiration to universal, imperial rule across Eurasian history from antiquity to the eighteenth century.

Author : Darryl Li
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781503610880

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The Universal Enemy by Darryl Li Pdf

Winner of the 2021 William A. Douglass Prize: A new perspective on the concept of international jihad and its connection to the 1990s Balkans crisis. No contemporary figure is more demonized than the Islamist foreign fighter who wages jihad around the world. Spreading violence, disregarding national borders, and rejecting secular norms, so-called jihadists seem opposed to universalism itself. In a radical departure from conventional wisdom on the topic, The Universal Enemy argues that transnational jihadists are engaged in their own form of universalism: These fighters struggle to realize an Islamist vision directed at all of humanity, transcending racial and cultural difference. Anthropologist and attorney Darryl Li reconceptualizes jihad as armed transnational solidarity under conditions of American empire, revisiting a pivotal moment after the Cold War when ethnic cleansing in the Balkans dominated global headlines. Muslim volunteers came from distant lands to fight in Bosnia-Herzegovina alongside their co-religionists, offering themselves as an alternative to the US-led international community. Li highlights the parallels and overlaps between transnational jihads and other universalisms such as the War on Terror, United Nations peacekeeping, and socialist Non-Alignment. Developed from more than a decade of research with former fighters in a half-dozen countries, The Universal Enemy explores the relationship between jihad and American empire to shed critical light on both. “[Li] effectively confronts the demonization of jihadists in the aftermath of 9/11, particularly in the US. . . . The author’s linguistic skills and the depth of the interviews are impressive, and the case selection is intriguing. Recommended.” —Choice “This important book offers many insights for scholars and students of political thought, anthropology, and law. Li’s breadth and acumen in navigating these different fields of study is impressive.” —Political Theory

Author : Saree Makdisi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0521586046

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Romantic Imperialism by Saree Makdisi Pdf

The years between 1790 and 1830 saw over a hundred and fifty million people brought under British imperial control, and one of the most momentous outbursts of British literary and artistic production, announcing a new world of social and individual traumas and possibilities. This book traces the emergence of new forms of imperialism and capitalism as part of a culture of modernisation in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, and looks at the ways in which they were identified with and contested in Romanticism. Saree Makdisi argues that this process has to be understood in global terms, beyond the British and European viewpoint, and that developments in India, Africa, and the Arab world (up to and including our own time) enable us to understand more fully the texts and contexts of British Romanticism. New and original readings of texts by Wordsworth, Blake, Byron, Shelley, and Scott emerge in the course of this searching analysis of the cultural process of globalisation. Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1998.

Author : Myles Lavan,Richard E. Payne,John Weisweiler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190465667

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Cosmopolitanism and Empire by Myles Lavan,Richard E. Payne,John Weisweiler Pdf

"This volume traces the development of cosmopolitan cultural techniques through which ancient empires managed difference in order to establish regimes of domination. Its case studies of Near Eastern and Mediterranean empires combine to demonstrate the centrality of cosmopolitanism to the establishment and endurance of trans-cultural political orders"--

Author : James Raleigh Frost
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : New Thought
ISBN : LCCN:26001201

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The Universal Empire by James Raleigh Frost Pdf

Author : J. Raleigh Frost
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494023369

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The Universal Empire by J. Raleigh Frost Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

Author : Yuri Pines,Michal Biran,Jörg Rüpke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108488631

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The Limits of Universal Rule by Yuri Pines,Michal Biran,Jörg Rüpke Pdf

The first comparative study to explore the dynamics of expansion and contraction of major continental empires in Eurasia.

Author : J. Raleigh Frost
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436675855

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The Universal Empire by J. Raleigh Frost Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Christopher Star
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781421407265

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The Empire of the Self by Christopher Star Pdf

Christopher Star uncovers significant points of contact between Seneca and Petronius, two important Roman writers long thought to be antagonists. In The Empire of the Self, Christopher Star studies the question of how political reality affects the concepts of body, soul, and self. Star argues that during the early Roman Empire the establishment of autocracy and the development of a universal ideal of individual autonomy were mutually enhancing phenomena. The Stoic ideal of individual empire or complete self-command is a major theme of Seneca’s philosophical works. The problematic consequences of this ideal are explored in Seneca’s dramatic and satirical works, as well as in the novel of his contemporary Petronius. Star examines the rhetorical links between these diverse texts. He also demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists—the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self.

Author : Patricia Mainardi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300047479

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Art and Politics of the Second Empire by Patricia Mainardi Pdf

In this book, Patricia Mainardi presents a new analysis of the major shift in nineteenth-century art from large public to small private works by examining the political and institutional factors that were in effect. Mainardi brings to life the complex institutional world of official art in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, presenting the relevant individual personalities, group interests, conflicts, and shift in a policy with clarity and detail. Writing in a lively, often witty style, she throws much new light on such subjects as the decline of history painting, the rise and eventual triumph of genre painting, the influence exerted in France by the art of England, Belgium, and Germany, and the inevitable collapse of the official exhibition system.

Author : Stanislaus F. Belch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111589725

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Paulus Vladimiri and his doctrine concerning international law and politics by Stanislaus F. Belch Pdf

Author : Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1778
Category : World history
ISBN : BL:A0017675850

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A View of Universal History, from the beginning of the world to the empire of Charlemain ... Translated, from the Louvre-original, by James Elphinston by Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Pdf

Author : Jane Burbank,Frederick Cooper
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400834709

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Empires in World History by Jane Burbank,Frederick Cooper Pdf

How empires have used diversity to shape the world order for more than two millennia Empires—vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition—have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. Empires in World History departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a remarkable look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Beginning with ancient Rome and China and continuing across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa, Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper examine empires' conquests, rivalries, and strategies of domination—with an emphasis on how empires accommodated, created, and manipulated differences among populations. Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries. They delve into the militant monotheism of Byzantium, the Islamic Caliphates, and the short-lived Carolingians, as well as the pragmatically tolerant rule of the Mongols and Ottomans, who combined religious protection with the politics of loyalty. Burbank and Cooper discuss the influence of empire on capitalism and popular sovereignty, the limitations and instability of Europe's colonial projects, Russia's repertoire of exploitation and differentiation, as well as the "empire of liberty"—devised by American revolutionaries and later extended across a continent and beyond. With its investigation into the relationship between diversity and imperial states, Empires in World History offers a fresh approach to understanding the impact of empires on the past and present.

Author : William T. Rowe
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780674054554

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China's Last Empire by William T. Rowe Pdf

In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West. This original, thought-provoking history of China's last empire is a must-read for understanding the challenges facing China today.