Utilitarianism and Empire
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 …
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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 schol.
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- Publication Date:2005.
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- Publisher(s):Lexington Books
- Place of Publication:Lanham
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2005.
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- Description:1 online resource (273 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0739162233, 9780739162231, 0739105752, 9780739105757
- oclc:on1162062117
- LC Classification:DA16 .U87 2005
- Dewey Decimal:325.320941
Table of Contents
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction Bart Schultz and Georgios Varouxakis; 2 Jeremy Bentham on Slavery and the Slave Trade Frederick Rosen; 3 Jeremy Bentham: Legislator of the World? Jennifer Pitts; 4 James Mill's The History of British India. The Question of Utilitarianism and Empire Javed Majeed; 5 Mill on Happiness: The Enduring Value of a Complex Critique Martha C. Nussbaum; 6 Liberalism's Limits: Carlyle and Mill on ""The Negro Question"" David Theo Goldberg; 7 Empire, Race, Euro-centrism: John Stuart Mill and His Critics Georgios Varouxakis
8 Chairing the Jamaica Committee: J. S. Mill and the Limits of Colonial Authority J. Joseph Miller9 The Early Utilitarians, Race, and Empire: The State of the Argument H. S. Jones; 10 Imagining Darwinism David Weinstein; 11 Sidgwick's Racism Bart Schultz; Index; About the Contributors
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