Barbarism and Religion: Volume 4, Barbarians, Savages and Empires

Pocock is one of the great writers of history. In his history of histories he unlocks riddles and quandaries of the many Enlightenments that underlie Gibbon. Cover 1 Half-title 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Contents 9 Acknowledgements 11 Abbreviations 12 Introduction 15 PART I The history and theory of barbarism 23 CHAPTER 1 Introducing the barbarian: problems of barbarism and religion 25 (I) 25 (II) 28 CHAPTER 2 Anquetil-Duperron: despotism and prophecy in Sassanid Persia 31 (I) 31 (II) 37 (III) 39 CHAPTER 3 Antoine-Yves Goguet: the Confusion of Tongues and the origins of civility 51 (I) 51 (II) 55 CHAPTER 4 Thomas Carte: Japhetic settlers in the western islands 79 (I) 79 (II) 86 (III) 91 CHAPTER 5 The forest Germans: lethargy and passion in a transhumant culture 93 PART II Joseph de Guignes and the discovery of Eurasia 111 CHAPTER 6 Gentile history in the further Asia 113 CHAPTER 7 The many faces of Fo: the problem of religion in Eurasian history 124 (I) 124 (II) 125 (III) 137 CHAPTER 8 Hans, Huns and Romans: the rhythms of barbarism and empire 147 (I) 147 (II) 157 PART III The New World and the problem of history 169 CHAPTER 9 The invention and discovery of savagery 171 (I) 171 (II) 172 (III) 175 (IV) 178 (V) 181 (VI) 185 (VII) 189 CHAPTER 10 Robertson’s America: the Scottish theoretical encounter with the New World 195 (I) 195 (II) 200 (III) 204 CHAPTER 11 The universe of savagery and the search for history 206 (I) 206 CHAPTER 12 Ancient history for modern colonists: the reception of Robertson 219 (I) 219 (II) 225 (III) 233 (IV) 236 PART IV The crisis of the seaborne empires 241 CHAPTER 13 European history and the global ocean 243 CHAPTER 14 The antiquity of Asia: priests, legislators and the tragedy of history 260 CHAPTER 15 American savages and European barbarians: the invasion of the natural world 283 CHAPTER 16 Slaves and settlers: the sugar islands in the new geopolitics 308 CHAPTER 17 Utopia and revolution: the northern continent in history 327 Conclusion 343 CHAPTER 18 Gibbon and the empires 345 Envoi 354 Bibliography of works cited 357 I. PUBLISHED BEFORE 1900 (SEE ALSO LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS) 357 II. PUBLISHED SINCE 1900 358 Index 365 Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 3 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Contents......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Abbreviations......Page 12 Introduction......Page 15 PART I The history and theory of barbarism......Page 23 (I)......Page 25 (II)......Page 28 (I)......Page 31 (II)......Page 37 (III)......Page 39 (I)......Page 51 (II)......Page 55 (I)......Page 79 (II)......Page 86 (III)......Page 91 CHAPTER 5 The forest Germans: lethargy and passion in a transhumant culture......Page 93 PART II Joseph de Guignes and the discovery of Eurasia......Page 111 CHAPTER 6 Gentile history in the further Asia......Page 113 (I)......Page 124 (II)......Page 125 (III)......Page 137 (I)......Page 147 (II)......Page 157 PART III The New World and the problem of history......Page 169 (I)......Page 171 (II)......Page 172 (III)......Page 175 (IV)......Page 178 (V)......Page 181 (VI)......Page 185 (VII)......Page 189 (I)......Page 195 (II)......Page 200 (III)......Page 204 (I)......Page 206 (I)......Page 219 (II)......Page 225 (III)......Page 233 (IV)......Page 236 PART IV The crisis of the seaborne empires......Page 241 CHAPTER 13 European history and the global ocean......Page 243 CHAPTER 14 The antiquity of Asia: priests, legislators and the tragedy of history......Page 260 CHAPTER 15 American savages and European barbarians: the invasion of the natural world......Page 283 CHAPTER 16 Slaves and settlers: the sugar islands in the new geopolitics......Page 308 CHAPTER 17 Utopia and revolution: the northern continent in history......Page 327 Conclusion......Page 343 CHAPTER 18 Gibbon and the empires......Page 345 Envoi......Page 354 I. PUBLISHED BEFORE 1900 (SEE ALSO LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS)......Page 357 II. PUBLISHED SINCE 1900......Page 358 Index......Page 365 "Barbarism and Religion"--Edward Gibbon's own phrase - is the title of an acclaimed sequence of works by John Pocock designed to situate Gibbon, and his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in a series of contexts in the history of eighteenth-century Europe. This is a major intervention from one of the world's leading historians of ideas, challenging the notion of any one 'Enlightenment' and positing instead a plurality of enlightenments, of which the English was one. In this first volume, The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, John Pocock follows Gibbon through his youthful exile in Switzerland and his criticisms of the Encyclopédie, and traces the growth of his historical interests down to the conception of the Decline and Fall itself 'Barbarism and Religion'- Edward Gibbon's own phrase - is the title of a sequence of works by John Pocock designed to situate Gibbon, and his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in a series of contexts in the history of eighteenth-century Europe. In the fourth volume in the sequence, first published in 2005, Pocock argues that barbarism was central to the history of western historiography, to the history of the Enlightenment, and to Edward Gibbon himself. As a concept it was deeply problematic to Enlightened historians seeking to understand their own civilised societies in the light of exposure to newly discovered civilisations which were, until then, beyond the reach of history itself. This fourth volume in John Pocock's great sequence on Barbarism and Religion focuses on the idea of barbarism. Barbarism was central to the history of western historiography, to the history of the enlightenment, and to Edward Gibbon himself. As a concept it was deeply problematic to enlightened historians seeking to understand their own civil societies in the light of exposure to newly-discovered civilizations hitherto beyond the reach of history. The troubled relationship between philosophy and history is addressed directly in this fourth volume. V. 1. The Enlightenments Of Edward Gibbon, 1737-1764 -- V. 2. Narratives Of Civil Governmet -- V. 3. The First Decline And Fall -- V. 4. Barbarians, Savages And Empires -- V. 5. Religion : The First Triumph -- V.6. Barbarism : Triumph In The West. J.g.a. Pocock. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.