{"product_id":"states-of-the-earth","title":"States Of The Earth","description":"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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Far from a defence of religion, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The States of the Earth\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; 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.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394486411646,"sku":"NW9781804291771","price":20.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781804291771.jpg?v=1778676756","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/states-of-the-earth","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}