The Stillbirth of Capital : Enlightenment Writing and Colonial India.

This book targets one of the humanities' most widely held premises: namely, that the European Enlightenment laid the groundwork for modern imperialism. It argues instead that the Enlightenment's vision of empire calls our own historical and theoretical paradigms into question. While eighte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ahmed, Siraj
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Temas:
1700-1947
Colonies in literature.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Enlightenment.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Siècle des Lumières.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
British colonies.
English literature.
Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia > History.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
India > In literature.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Asie > Histoire.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
Asia.
India.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Enlightenment and Colonial India; PART I: COMMERCE (1670-1760); 1. Sovereignty and Monopoly: Dryden's Amboyna; 2. Conversion and Piracy: Defoe's Captain Singleton; PART II: CONQUEST (1760-1790); 3. Sentiment and Debt: Sterne's Bramine's Journal and Foote's Nabob; 4. Free Trade and Famine: The Wealth of Nations and Bentham's "Essay"; 5. Nation and Addiction: Burke's and Sheridan's Speeches in the Hastings Impeachment; PART III: PROGRESS (1790-1815).
  • 6. Orientalism and the Permanent Fix of War: Voltaire contra Sir William Jones7. History, Anachronism, Violence: Morgan's Missionary and Scott's Guy Mannering; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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