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The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization. Mohamed Amer Meziane, Jonathan Adjemian

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ISBN: 9781804291771 | 304 pages | 8 Mb

• The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization
• Mohamed Amer Meziane, Jonathan Adjemian
• Page: 304
• Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
• ISBN: 9781804291771
• Publisher: Verso Books

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"An extraordinary book. Mohamed Amer Meziane's breathtaking analysis of the making of fossil states opens to a new genre of history writing where the very layers of earth's riches are at its center." —Ann Laura Stoler, author of Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power, Along the Archival Grain How the disenchantment of empire led to climate change While industrial states competed to colonize Asia and Africa in the nineteenth century, conversion to Christianity was replaced by a civilizing mission. This new secular impetus strode hand in hand with racial capitalism in the age of empires: a terrestrial paradise was to be achieved through accumulation and the ravaging of nature. Far from a defence of religion, The States of the Earth argues that phenomena such as evangelism and political Islam are best understood as products of empire and secularization. In a world where material technology was considered divine, religious and secular forces both tried to achieve Heaven on Earth by destroying Earth itself.

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