Race, empire, and the idea of human development
By: Thomas McCarthy.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780521519717; 9780521740432
Subjects: Social evolution -- Philosophy; Race; Imperialism
Description: "Offering an unusual perspective on the past and present of our globalizing world, this book will appeal to scholars and advanced students of philosophy, political theory, the history of ideas, racial and ethnic studies, social theory, and cultural studies."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Political philosophy and racial injustice : a preliminary note on methodology; title: Kant on race and development; title: Social darwinism and white supremacy; title: Coming to terms with the past : on the politics of the memory of slavery; title: What may we hope? : reflections on the idea of universal history in the wake of Kant; title: Liberal imperialism and the dilemma of development; title: From modernism to messianism : reflections on the state of "development"; title: Conclusion: The presence of the past.