Empire and modern political thought / edited by Sankar Muthu.
| Other author | Muthu, Sankar, 1970- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | vi, 407 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Machiavelli's three desires: Florentine republicans on liberty, empire, and justice Mikael Hörnqvist; 2. Conquest and the just war: the 'School of Salamanca' and the 'affair of the Indies' Anthony Pagden; 3. Alliances with infidels in the European imperial expansion Richard Tuck; 4. John Locke: theorist of empire? David Armitage; 5. Montesquieu on empire and enlightenment Michael Mosher; 6. Edmund Burke on empire, self-understanding and sympathy Uday S. Mehta; 7. Adam Smith in the British empire Emma Rothschild; 8. Conquest, commerce, and cosmopolitanism in Enlightenment political thought Sankar Muthu; 9. Liberalism, nation, and empire: the case of J. S. Mill Pratap Bhanu Mehta; 10. Republicanism, liberalism, and empire in post-revolutionary France Jennifer Pitts; 11. Colonies and empire in the political thought of Hegel and Marx Gabriel Paquette; 12. Social theory in the age of empire Karuna Mantena; 13. 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011045033 |
| ISBN | 9780521839426 (hardback) |
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