The Exclusions of Civilization: Indigenous Peoples in the Story of International Society (The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought)

This book builds upon an inter-disciplinary body of literature to detail the centrality of European colonialism and imperialism in the constitution of modern international relations. A critical historical analysis that challenges conventional assumptions about the evolution and expansion of international society, it addresses the interconnections between the European and non-European sides of that history. Pearcey argues that features of European expansion were guided by a discourse on civilization, one that subsumed the uncivilized Other within the boundaries of the civilized Self. Doing so, civilization enabled a process of ôexclusion by inclusionö, whereby many of the worldÆs indigenous peoples were gradually excluded from the ôinternationalö by being subsumed within the ôdomestic.ö Challenging conventional assumptions about the evolution and expansion of international society, especially those of the English School, this book contributes to central debates in International Relations theory.

• | Author: Mark Pearcey
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Oct 26, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 184 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 1137528613
• | ISBN-13: 9781137528612