TY - JOUR TI - Towards a Comparative History of Concepts: Civilisation and beschaving AU - den Boer, Pim T2 - Contributions to the History of Concepts AB - Building upon an introductory discussion on linguistic exchange - the problem of missing words - and the emergence of transnational concepts, this article consists of a comparative study of the history of the concept of civilisation in some major European languages and the concept of beschaving in Dutch, the closest translation to civilisation in that language. According to the author, the particular and independent conceptual evolution of beschaving should be in part explained by the early development of a modern socio-economic structure in Holland. DA - 2007/// PY - 2007 DO - 10.1163/180793207X237722 DP - IngentaConnect VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 207 EP - 233 LA - English ST - Towards a Comparative History of Concepts UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berghahn/coco/2007/00000003/00000002/art00005 KW - Civilization ER -