"This collection of original essays by leading historians of political thought examines modern European thinkers' writings about conquest, colonization, and empire"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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"This collection of original essays by leading historians of political thought examines modern European thinkers' writings about conquest, colonization, and empire"--Provided by publisher.