I am not the first to make the remarkable comparison between the colonization of French Algeria and that of United States’ territories. Rather, mid-nineteenth century French statesmen conscientiously used the United States as a benchmark of progress in their Algerian endeavor. This may account for at least some of the…
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What is “civilization”?
Posted in Percolating Ideas
Today one often hears talk about “civilized” conduct or standards of civilization, but what do we mean by these terms and ideas? When and how did come about? and why? More importantly, why does it matter? First, I should clarify that there are two distinct meanings of “civilization”: It is…