Up until the 19th century, the radicalised concept of a "standard of civilization" was routinely deployed to determine that certain people in the world were "uncivilised", and lacking organised societies.
Indtil 1800-tallet spredtes det racistiske begreb for en civilisationsstandard rutinemæssigt for at fastslå, at nogle mennesker i verden var "ubevidste" eller "ucivilicerede" og havde uorganiserede samfund.