Utilitarianism and Empire
1st Edition
Published on 29. August 2005
1 pages
979-8-7651-8353-3 (ISBN)
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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 conceived of 'race' and the part it played in their ethical and political programs, particularly with respect to such issues as slavery and the governance of India. The book both advances our understanding of the history of utilitarianism and imperialism and promotes the scholarly debate, clarifying the major points at issue between those sympathetic to the utilitarian legacy and those critical of it.
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Bart Schultz | Georgios Varouxakis
Utilitarianism and Empire
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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.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Jeremy Bentham on Slavery and the Slave Trade
Chapter 3 Jeremy Bentham: Legislator of the World
Chapter 4 James Mill's The History of British India: The Question of Utilitarianism and Empire
Chapter 5 Mill on Happiness: The Enduring Value of a Complex Critique
Chapter 6 Liberalism's Limits: Carlyle and Mill on "The Negro Question"
Chapter 7 Empire, Race, and Euro-centrism: John Stewart Mill and His Critics
Chapter 8 Chairing the Jamaica Committee: J. S. Mill and the Limits of Colonial Authority
Chapter 9 The Early Utilitarians, Race, and Empire: The State of the Argument
Chapter 10 Imagining Darwinism
Chapter 11 Sidgwick's Racism
Chapter 2 Jeremy Bentham on Slavery and the Slave Trade
Chapter 3 Jeremy Bentham: Legislator of the World
Chapter 4 James Mill's The History of British India: The Question of Utilitarianism and Empire
Chapter 5 Mill on Happiness: The Enduring Value of a Complex Critique
Chapter 6 Liberalism's Limits: Carlyle and Mill on "The Negro Question"
Chapter 7 Empire, Race, and Euro-centrism: John Stewart Mill and His Critics
Chapter 8 Chairing the Jamaica Committee: J. S. Mill and the Limits of Colonial Authority
Chapter 9 The Early Utilitarians, Race, and Empire: The State of the Argument
Chapter 10 Imagining Darwinism
Chapter 11 Sidgwick's Racism
