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Enlightened colonialism : civilization narratives and imperial politics in the Age of Reason /
This book further qualifies the postcolonial thesis and shows its limits. To reach these goals, it links text analysis and political history on a global comparative scale. Focusing on imperial agents, their narratives of progress, and their political aims and strategies, it asks whether Enlightenmen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Palgrave MacMillan,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Enlightened Colonialism; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; The Enlightenment and Colonialism: The Debate; The Enlightenment Narrative and Imperial Actors: The Approach; Enlightened Colonialism: Some Conclusions; Notes; References; Part I The Invention of the Enlightenment and the Return of Assimilationist Policy; The Enlightenment and the Politics of Civilization: Self-Colonization, Catholicism, and Assimilationism in Eighteenth-Century France; France's Self-Colonization, the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, and the Origins of the Enlightenment Narrative.
- Voltaire's Synthesis of the "Ancient" and "Modern" ThesesThe Enlightenment and the Comeback of the Project to Civilize and Assimilate "Wild" and "Barbarous" Peoples; The Philosophes and the Politicians; Conclusion; Notes; References; Enlightened Colonialism? French Assimilationism, Silencing, and Colonial Fantasy on Madagascar; Maudave and the Imaginary Colonization of Madagascar; Beňovský, or the Writing of a French Colonial Novel; Enlightened Silencing Through "Saming"; Was There an Enlightened Colonialism?; Notes; References; Part II From Civilizing to Assimilationist Policy.
- Portuguese Indigenous Policy and Indigenous Politics in the Age of Enlightenment: Assimilationist Ideals and the Preservation of Native IdentitiesPombaline Reforms and Enlightenment; Indigenous Policy Under Pombal: Ruptures and Continuities; Indigenous Policy and Indigenous Politics: Negotiating Interests While Preserving Differences; Assimilationist Ideals and the Preservation of Indigenous Identities in Colonial Indian Settlements; Final Considerations; Notes; References.
- New Forms of Colonialism on the Frontiers of Hispanic America: Assimilationist Projects and Economic Disputes (Río de la Plata, Late Eighteenth Century)Assimilation as a Transformation Utopia; Production, Trade, and Disputes Over the Resources of the Villages; Communal Liberation: Enlightened Progress or Territorial Expansion?; Notes; References; Part III The Invention of Intra-European Colonialism; Civilizing Strategies and the Beginning of Colonial Policy in the Eighteenth-Century Russian Empire; Civilization Through Religion.
- The "Civilizing" of the Economy and Way of Life: Farming and DomesticationConclusion; Notes; References; Creating Differences for Integration: Enlightened Reforms and Civilizing Missions in the Eastern European Possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy (1750-1815); Cameralist Reform and Social Progress: Categories and Taxonomies as Prerequisites for Building Hierarchies; From Cameralism to Orientalism: The Construction of the Habsburg East; The Creation of an Imperial Periphery: Galicia; Habsburg Enlightened Orientalism: From Social Reform to Ethnic Stereotypes; Final Considerations; Notes.