The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization
by: Mohamed Amer Meziane (Author)
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Date: 9 April 2024
Language: English
Print Length: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1804291773
ISBN-13: 9781804291771
Book Description
HOW THE DISENCHANTMENT OF EMPIRE LED TO CLIMATE CHANGEWhile 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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