The Clash of Civilizations: War-making and State Formation in EuropeISBN: 978-0-7456-1198-3
Hardcover
224 pages
January 1997, Polity
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Burke provides a panoramic sociological history of the rise of
European states. He relates the origins and development of European
governments to the social conflict among the European, Viking,
Islamic, Byzantine, Ottoman, and Mongol civilizations. He assesses
the impact of the Crusades on the rise of the monarchy and the
origins of democratic regimes. In contrast to European-centred
interpretations of history, the author argues that the conflict
among other civilizations forged the rise and growth of Western
European governments.
The book will appeal to advanced undergraduate students and
academics across all social sciences and particularly in political
and economic sociology, social and political theory, European
studies and Western civilization.