“Civilisation”, Gender, Race and Class

Cameron Gordon

Chapter Chapter 11 in Many Possible Worlds, 2023, pp 289-317 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract CivilisationCivilisation is a term widely used but is also very difficult to define. It can be thought of as a sort of super-culture, the widest and broadest form of cultureCulture and social identification, encompassing beliefs, religionReligion, values, language and institutionsInstitutions. Historically, civilisationCivilisation is considered to be a distinct shift in humanity from more organic forms of human organisation (pejoratively referred to as “primitive”) to more complex forms marked by urbanisationUrbanisation, technological adaptation, social complexity, long-distance trade and symbolic communication. The concept lends itself to both horizontal comparisons, i.e. between civilisations of different types, such as “Western” versus “Oriental”, “English”, “American”, etc.; and vertical comparisons along an implicit (often explicit) hierarchy between uncivilised and civilised and less and more civilised.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9281-0_11

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