{"product_id":"the-civilizing-process-and-the-past-we-now-abhor-slavery-cat-burning-and-the-colonialism-of-time-paperback","title":"The Civilizing Process and the Past We Now Abhor: Slavery, Cat-Burning, and the Colonialism of Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the thought of Norbert Elias and using as a thread a purposely apolitical example of cruelty to animals to focus on changes in attitudes, this book explores the ways in which we deal with a past that we now abhor. As we struggle to deal with the fact that our past shapes us--indeed is us, but is not us--and cannot be changed, the modern tendency is to demand merely cosmetic rather than real changes to the world and to judge harshly the individuals with whom the past is populated, pulling down statues or re-naming institutions. An examination of our modern colonialism of time rather than place, which refuses to consider or accept the fact that without our past, we wouldn't be here at all, let alone in a position to judge, \u003ci\u003eThe Civilizing Process and the Past We Now Abhor \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to scholars and students of sociology, cultural studies, and literature with interests in contemporary questions of race, morality, and efforts to correct the wrongs of our past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce Fleming\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at the US Naval Academy and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Modernist Era in Arts and Academia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy Liberals and Conservatives Clash, Sexual Ethics: Liberal vs. Conservative, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Tractatus: Summing Up Everything, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784092647712,"sku":"9781032134703","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7581ed7db0cfe0d2fbc4a2abb0c77322.webp?v=1780599719","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-civilizing-process-and-the-past-we-now-abhor-slavery-cat-burning-and-the-colonialism-of-time-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}