The Origin of State-formation in Europe from the Perspective of the Clash of Civilizations——Review of The Clash of Civilizations:War-making and State Formation in Europe (original) (raw)
2010, Journal of Chinese European Studies 欧洲研究
The Clash of Civilizations:War-making and State Formation in Europe explores the causal mechanisms of modern state-formation in Europe,which is dependent on the clash of civilizations,violence-state origin and social power.Victor Lee Burke,the writer of the book,demonstrates the historical legitimacy of the clash of civilizations,who believes that it is interconnected with state formation,that the notion of civilization is a somewhat solid and fixed and that conflicts originate from the identity-oriented civilizations.Burke thus challenges the European-centralism of state-formation theory,who argues that the state-formation in Europe results from the clash of a variety of great civilizations.However,the background and premises of the European-centralism is neglected by Burke,who does not put forward a solution to resolve the clash of civilizations in the context of nationalism.
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