ISBN:
9780521519717
,
9780521740432
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 254 S.
Edition:
Im Kolophon : 2010
DDC:
305.8009/04
Keywords:
Social evolution Philosophy
;
Race
;
Imperialism
;
Gesellschaft
;
Entwicklung
;
Sozialdarwinismus
;
Imperialismus
;
Politische Philosophie
;
Gesellschaft
;
Entwicklung
;
Sozialdarwinismus
;
Imperialismus
;
Politische Philosophie
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Political philosophy and racial injustice : a preliminary note on methodology -- Kant on race and development -- Social darwinism and white supremacy -- Coming to terms with the past : on the politics of the memory of slavery -- What may we hope? : reflections on the idea of universal history in the wake of Kant -- Liberal imperialism and the dilemma of development -- From modernism to messianism : reflections on the state of "development" -- Conclusion: The presence of the past.
