The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization - Softcover

Meziane, Mohamed Amer

 
9781804291771: The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1804291773 ISBN 13: 9781804291771
Verlag: Verso Books, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

While industrial states competed to colonize Asia and Africa in the nineteenth century, conversion to Christianity was replaced by a civilizing mission. This new secular impetus strode hand in hand with racial capitalism in the age of empires: a terrestrial paradise was to be achieved through accumulation and the ravaging of nature.

Far from a defence of religion, The States of the Earth argues that phenomena such as evangelism and political Islam are best understood as products of empire and secularization. In a world where material technology was considered divine, religious and secular forces both tried to achieve Heaven on Earth by destroying Earth itself.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mohamed Amer Meziane is a philosopher, performer and professor at Brown University after teaching for 4 years at Columbia University. He is the author of The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization which won the Albertine Prize for non-fiction in 2023. His second book is titled: At the Edge of the Worlds: Towards a Metaphysical Anthropology.

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Verlag
Verso Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1804291773
ISBN 13 
9781804291771
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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