Civilization State

Every single day of your life is spent within a civilization—an elaborate system composed of governing bodies, detailed laws, dense urban centers, elaborate trade networks, visual and written cultures, class structures, militaries, and more.

Thomas F. X. Noble, Ph.D., is the Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute and Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2001. Before joining the faculty at Notre Dame, he taught for 20 years at the University of Virginia.
The holder of a doctorate from Michigan State University, Professor Noble has long specialized in the Carolingian world and in early medieval Rome and the papacy. Among his many honors and awards are a Fulbright Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, and two grants from the American Philosophical Society…

'Given the over-generalization and abstraction in the analysis of the state, Delatolla's archival analysis of Lebanon and Syria is needed and welcome. He also guides us through the widespread phenomenon of state failure when many Global South countries mimic the made-in-Europe "standard of civilization" template.'
–Bahgat Korany, Professor, Department of Political Science, The American University in Cairo, Egypt

'Given the over-generalization and abstraction in the analysis of the state, Delatolla's archival analysis of Lebanon and Syria is needed and welcome. He also guides us through the widespread phenomenon of state failure when many Global South countries mimic the made-in-Europe "standard of civilization" template.'