Title Utilitarianism and empire / edited by Bart Schultz and Georgios Varouxakis

Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 263 pages) Contents Jeremy Bentham on slavery and the slave trade / Frederick Rosen -- Jeremy Bentham: legislator of the world? / Jennifer Pitts -- James Mill's The history of British India: the question of utilitarianism and empire / Javed Majeed -- Mill on happiness: the enduring value of a complex critique / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Liberalism's limits: Carlyle and Mill on "the negro question" / David Theo Goldberg -- Empire, race, euro-centrism: John Stuart Mill and his critics / Georgios Varouxakis -- Chairing the Jamaica Committee: J.S. Mill and the limits of colonial authority / J. Joseph Miller -- The early utilitarians, race, and empire: the state of the argument / H.S. Jones -- Imagining Darwinism / David Weinstein -- Sidgwick's racism / Bart Schultz Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Mill, James, 1773-1836. History of British India Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 -- Influence Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832 -- Influence Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832. Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. Imperialism -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Race relations -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Utilitarianism -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century Slave trade -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century British colonies. Colonies -- Administration. Imperialism -- Government policy. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Race relations -- Government policy. Utilitarianism. Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century Great Britain. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book Author Schultz, Bart Varouxakis, Georgios, 1966- LC no. 2021678687 ISBN 9780739162231 0739162233 9780585114309 0585114307

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