Empire and Modern Political Thought - Brossura

Muthu, Sankar

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1107460034 ISBN 13: 9781107460034

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

This collection of original essays by leading historians of political thought examines modern European thinkers' writings about conquest, colonization and empire. The creation of vast transcontinental empires and imperial trading networks played a key role in the development of modern European political thought. The rise of modern empires raised fundamental questions about virtually the entire contested set of concepts that lay at the heart of modern political philosophy, such as property, sovereignty, international justice, war, trade, rights, transnational duties, civilization and progress. From Renaissance republican writings about conquest and liberty to sixteenth-century writings about the Spanish conquest of the Americas through Enlightenment perspectives about conquest and global commerce and nineteenth-century writings about imperial activities both within and outside of Europe, these essays survey the central moral and political questions occasioned by the development of overseas empires and European encounters with the non-European world among theologians, historians, philosophers, diplomats and merchants.

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Recensione

'... this book consists of twelve carefully written and tightly argued essays that add up to more than the sum of their parts ... the study of modern imperialism will oblige political scientists (and historians) to move outside our comfort zones, and to embrace approaches that are expedient, eclectic and trans-disciplinary. This fine volume should work as a catalyst, stimulating and facilitating further work as the enterprise it surveys moves ahead.' Theodore Koditschek, Canadian Journal of History

Descrizione del libro

This collection of original essays by leading historians of political thought examines modern European thinkers' writings about conquest, colonization and empire, surveying the central moral and political questions occasioned by the development of overseas empires and European encounters with the non-European world among theologians, historians, philosophers, diplomats and merchants.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107460034
• ISBN 13: 9781107460034
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 418