Bart (Hrsg.) Schultz

Utilitarianism and Empire

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The classical utilitarian legacy of Jeremy Bentham, J. S. Mill, James Mill, and Henry Sidgwick has often been charged with both theoretical and practical complicity in the growth of British imperialism and the emerging racialist discourse of the nineteenth century. But there has been little scholarly work devoted to bringing together the conflicting interpretive perspectives on this legacy and its complex evolution with respect to orientalism and imperialism. This volume, with contributions by leading scholars in the field, represents the first attempt to survey the full range of current scholarly controversy on how the classical utilitarians… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Varouxakis, Georgios (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-7391-0575-7
EAN: 9780739105757
Produktnummer: 1642406
Verlag: Lexington Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 274 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.0 cm 578 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 578

Über den Autor

Bart Schultz is Fellow and Lecturer in the Humanities Division and Humanities Collegiate Division, and Special Programs Coordinator in the Graham School of General Studies, at the University of Chicago. He is also the winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, in recognition of his book Henry Sidgwick - The Eye of the Universe: An Intellectual Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Georgios Varouxakis is Senior Lecturer in the History Department of Queen Mary, University of London.