
Published online:
21 March 2013
Published in print:
15 March 2009
Online ISBN:
9780226068169
Print ISBN:
9780226068145
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New Barbarism and the Coming Anarchy New Barbarism and the Coming Anarchy
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Reviving Standards of Civilization Reviving Standards of Civilization
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Standards of Human Rights and Democracy Standards of Human Rights and Democracy
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Conflating Human Rights, Democracy, and Modernity Conflating Human Rights, Democracy, and Modernity
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Global Standards of Market Civilization Global Standards of Market Civilization
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A World Divided After September 11 A World Divided After September 11
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Implications of Standards of Civilization Implications of Standards of Civilization
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Chapter
7 New Barbarism and the Test of Modernity
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Pages
161–188
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Published:March 2009
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Bowden, Brett, 'New Barbarism and the Test of Modernity', The Empire of Civilization: The Evolution of an Imperial Idea (Chicago, IL , 2009; online edn, Chicago Scholarship Online, 21 Mar. 2013), https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226068169.003.0007, accessed 6 May 2025.
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Bowden, Brett. "New Barbarism and the Test of Modernity." In The Empire of Civilization: The Evolution of an Imperial Idea University of Chicago Press, 2009. Chicago Scholarship Online, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226068169.003.0007.
Abstract
This chapter outlines the more recent division of our world into its “civilized” and “uncivilized” spheres, and discusses the standards of civilization for the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It shows that the ideas and concepts of civilization, progress, universality, and modernity remain both salient and powerful when it comes to explaining and justifying policy making and decision making. The chapter also evaluates theoretical and functional arguments put forward by proponents of standards of civilization for the contemporary era.
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