American Civilization
Murphy, Peter (2006) American Civilization. Thesis Eleven, 85 (1). pp. 64-92.
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Abstract
Autopoietic societies have produced three major images of civilization: the Greco-Roman, the Eurocentric Western, and the Settler Society type. The most important incarnation of the latter to date has been America. This article explores the deep-going differences between American and European ideas of civilization. It examines how the American kind of autopoietic civilization expresses itself in preternaturally distinctive conceptualizations of nature and freedom, life and death, order and chaos, city and ecumene. The article discusses the political and social implications of this.
| Item ID: | 22570 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1461-7455 |
| Keywords: | cities; civilization; contingency; ideology; liberty; nature; order; pneuma; rights; sea regions |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2012 02:18 |
| FoR Codes: | 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology > 160806 Social Theory @ 50% 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200204 Cultural Theory @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society @ 50% 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture @ 50% |
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