The Lords Of Human Kind: European Attitudes To The Outside World In The Imperial Age
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A landmark work of historical and cultural analysis, The Lords of Human Kind by V.G. Kiernan chronicles the attitudes, prejudices, and assumptions that European powers carried with them as they expanded their empires across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and beyond. Drawing on a rich tapestry of travel writing, literature, diplomatic dispatches, and colonial records, Kiernan uncovers the complex web of condescension, curiosity, fear, and admiration that shaped the European gaze toward non-Western peoples during the height of the imperial age. Written with scholarly rigour and a sharp critical eye, the work argues that these entrenched attitudes were not merely incidental to colonialism but were central to its justification and perpetuation. A foundational text in the study of empire and race, it remains an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the ideological machinery that underpinned European global dominance.
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A landmark work of historical and cultural analysis, The Lords of Human Kind by V.G. Kiernan chronicles the attitudes, prejudices, and assumptions that European powers carried with them as they expanded their empires across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and beyond. Drawing on a rich tapestry of travel writing, literature, diplomatic dispatches, and colonial records, Kiernan uncovers the complex web of condescension, curiosity, fear, and admiration that shaped the European gaze toward non-Western peoples during the height of the imperial age. Written with scholarly rigour and a sharp critical eye, the work argues that these entrenched attitudes were not merely incidental to colonialism but were central to its justification and perpetuation. A foundational text in the study of empire and race, it remains an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the ideological machinery that underpinned European global dominance.
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A landmark work of historical and cultural analysis, The Lords of Human Kind by V.G. Kiernan chronicles the attitudes, prejudices, and assumptions that European powers carried with them as they expanded their empires across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and beyond. Drawing on a rich tapestry of travel writing, literature, diplomatic dispatches, and colonial records, Kiernan uncovers the complex web of condescension, curiosity, fear, and admiration that shaped the European gaze toward non-Western peoples during the height of the imperial age. Written with scholarly rigour and a sharp critical eye, the work argues that these entrenched attitudes were not merely incidental to colonialism but were central to its justification and perpetuation. A foundational text in the study of empire and race, it remains an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the ideological machinery that underpinned European global dominance.
