Martina Zago
Biographic Data
| ID | 4153288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martina Zago |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martina |
| FAMILY NAME | Zago |
| SIGNATURE | ZAGO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-6039-2089 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Civilization as an Aesthetic Concept: The “Standard of Civilization” Reconsidered
Civilization, I argue, is an aesthetic concept, not just a legal and political one. To make this case, I take as an illustration the nineteenth-century “standard of civilization,” which ranked peoples and countries into “civilized,” “barbarous,” and “savage,” specifying the requirements aspiring outsiders had to fulfill to enter the “charmed circle of civilization.” I show that “the standard” was fundamentally informed by historical judgments of …
Civilization as an Aesthetic Concept: The “Standard of Civilization” Reconsidered
Civilization, I argue, is an aesthetic concept, not just a legal and political one. To make this case, I take as an illustration the nineteenth-century “standard of civilization,” which ranked peoples and countries into “civilized,” “barbarous,” and “savage,” specifying the requirements aspiring outsiders had to fulfill to enter the “charmed circle of civilization.” I show that “the standard” was fundamentally informed by historical judgments of …
Civilization as an Aesthetic Concept: The “Standard of Civilization” Reconsidered
Civilization, I argue, is an aesthetic concept, not just a legal and political one. To make this case, I take as an illustration the nineteenth-century “standard of civilization,” which ranked peoples and countries into “civilized,” “barbarous,” and “savage,” specifying the requirements aspiring outsiders had to fulfill to enter the “charmed circle of civilization.” I show that “the standard” was fundamentally informed by historical judgments of …
Aesthetics (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Civilization (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (1 works) · Global Security and Public Health (1 works) · History (1 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works)