Thomas Mccarthy

Race, Empire, and the Idea of Human Development

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines racism and imperialism in the modern world order, arguing that both remain a fundamental part of Western hegemony.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780521519717
• ISBN-10: 0521519713
• Artikelnr.: 26009930

Autorenporträt

Thomas McCarthy is William H. Orrick Visiting Professor at Yale University and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Northwestern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: 1. Political philosophy and racial injustice: a preliminary note on methodology
2. Kant on race and development
3. Social Darwinism and white supremacy
4. Coming to terms with the past: on the politics of the memory of slavery
Part II: 5. What may we hope? Reflections on the idea of universal history in the wake of Kant
6. Liberal imperialism and the dilemma of development
7. From modernism to messianism: reflections on the state of 'development'
Conclusion: the presence of the past.