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The states of the Earth : an ecological and racial history of secularization
Uniform Title
Empires sous la terre. English
Title
The states of the Earth : an ecological and racial history of secularization / Mohamed Amer Meziane ; translated by Jonathan Adjemian.
ISBN
9781804291771
1804291773
9781804291795
9781839291788
Edition
English-language edition.
Publication
London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
xvi, 288 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Translation of: Des empires sous la terre.
Translated from the French.
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher
Other formats
Online version: Amer Meziane, Mohamed. States of the Earth. London ; New York : Verso, [2024]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 02, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The republic converts to Islam : the French expedition to Egypt and its afterlives
Giving birth to the universal : how the colonization of Africa secularized Europe
Race and the inconvertible : on apartheid in North Africa
Anatomy of the fossil state : geopolitics of climate in Europe and beyond
Gospels of the Reich : the Eastern question and the Jewish question
A circle of returns : towards a critique of imperiality.
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