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Empire and modern political thought / edited by Sankar Muthu.
| Other author | Muthu, Sankar, 1970- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
| Description | vi, 407 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machiavelli's three desires: Florentine republicans on liberty, empire, and justice / Mikael Hörnqvist -- Conquest and the just war: the "School of Salamanca" and the "affair of the Indies" / Anthony Pagden -- Alliances with infidels in the European imperial expansion Richard Tuck -- John Locke: theorist of empire? / David Armitage -- Montesquieu on empire and enlightenment / Michael Mosher -- Edmund Burke on empire, self-understanding and sympathy / Uday S. Mehta -- Adam Smith in the British empire / Emma Rothschild -- Conquest, commerce, and cosmopolitanism in Enlightenment political thought / Sankar Muthu -- Liberalism, nation, and empire: the case of J.S. Mill / Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- Republicanism, liberalism, and empire in postrevolutionary France / Jennifer Pitts -- Colonies and empire in the political thought of Hegel and Marx / Gabriel Paquette -- Social theory in the age of empire / Karuna Mantena -- Political theory of empire and imperialism: an appendix / Jennifer Pitts. |
| Abstract | "This collection of original essays by leading historians of political thought examines modern European thinkers' writings about conquest, colonization, and empire"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011045033 |
| ISBN | 9780521839426 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0521839424 (hardback) |
| Standard identifier# | 40021587673 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC359 .E44 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |