Utilitarianism and Empire

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073911087X
• ISBN13: 9780739110874
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"