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Enlightenment against Empire /

In the late eighteenth century, an array of European political thinkers attacked the very foundations of imperialism, arguing passionately that empire-building was not only unworkable, costly, and dangerous, but manifestly unjust. Enlightenment against Empire is the first book devoted to the anti-im...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Muthu, Sankar, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • One: Introduction: Enlightenment Political Thought and the Age of Empire
  • Two: Toward a Subversion of Noble Savagery: From Natural Humans to Cultural Humans
  • Three: Diderot and the Evils of Empire: The Histoire des deux Indes
  • Four: Humanity and Culture in Kant's Politics
  • Five: Kant's Anti-imperialism: Cultural Agency and Cosmopolitan Right
  • Six: Pluralism, Humanity, and Empire in Herder's Political Thought
  • Seven: Conclusion: The Philosophical Sources and Legacies of Enlightenment Anti-imperialism.