If you weren’t able to attend our panel at the American Studies Association Conference (November 15-18, 2012) in San Juan or if you were and would like a second look at my presentation, the links to the paper and PowerPoint are included below. Please note that the PowerPoint is intended…
Tag: Enlightenment Ideas
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…