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Enlightenment against Empire
Sankar Muthu
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Description for Enlightenment against Empire
Paperback. In the late eighteenth century, an array of European political thinkers attacked the very foundations of imperialism, arguing that empire-building was not only unworkable, costly, and dangerous, but manifestly unjust. This book is devoted to the anti-imperialist political philosophies of an age often regarded as affirming imperial ambitions. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBTQ; HBTR; HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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-imperialist political philosophies of an age often regarded as affirming imperial ambitions. Sankar Muthu argues that thinkers such as Denis Diderot, Immanuel Kant, and Johann Gottfried Herder developed an understanding of humans as inherently cultural agents and therefore necessarily diverse. These thinkers rejected the conception of a culture-free "natural man." They held that moral judgments of superiority or inferiority ... Read more
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-imperialist political philosophies of an age often regarded as affirming imperial ambitions. Sankar Muthu argues that thinkers such as Denis Diderot, Immanuel Kant, and Johann Gottfried Herder developed an understanding of humans as inherently cultural agents and therefore necessarily diverse. These thinkers rejected the conception of a culture-free "natural man." They held that moral judgments of superiority or inferiority ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
606g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691115177
SKU
V9780691115177
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About Sankar Muthu
Sankar Muthu is Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University.
Reviews for Enlightenment against Empire
"A well-argued first book that is as original as it is convincing."
Foreign Affairs "Every now and then a book comes along to remind us once again that history and culture are not absolute terms. They are dynamic and relative to their past and present. Sankar Muthu has written such a book. His analysis clearly demonstrates that the historical process we ... Read more
Foreign Affairs "Every now and then a book comes along to remind us once again that history and culture are not absolute terms. They are dynamic and relative to their past and present. Sankar Muthu has written such a book. His analysis clearly demonstrates that the historical process we ... Read more