Colonial exchanges : political theory and the agency of the colonized / edited by Burke A. Hendrix and Deborah Baumgold.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hendrix, Burke A., editor.

Baumgold, Deborah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Summary:

When European nations colonized the globe, they not only imposed their power, they also spread ideas. Those living within colonized societies did not receive these ideas passively - instead, they sought to reshape and repurpose them, often in surprising or ambiguous ways. Recent scholarship in political thought has closely examined the relationship between European political ideas and colonialism, particularly the ways in which canonical thinkers supported or opposed colonial practices. But little attention has been given to the engagement of colonized political and intellectual actors with European ideas. The essays in this volume demonstrate that a full reckoning of colonialism's effects requires attention to the ways in which colonized intellectuals reacted to, adopted, and transformed these ideas, and to the political projects that their reactions helped to shape. Across nine chapters, a mix of political theorists and intellectual historians grapple with specific thinkers and contexts to show in detail the unpredictable, complex and sometimes paradoxical impact of European ideas in an array of colonial settings. They examine a wide range of colonized societies, including India, Haiti, the Philippines, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, and the settler countries of North America and Oceana, in periods from the French Revolution to the modern day. By calling attention to the intellectual agency of the colonized, the volume provides a new lens on both colonialism and the history of political thought, and opens a rich field for future inquiry. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Intellectual flows and Counterflows: the strange case of J. S. Mill / Lynn Zastoupil Zastoupil, Lynn 20

2 Rethinking resistance: Spencer, Krishnavarma, and The Indian Sociologist / Inder S. Manvah Manvah, Inder S. 43

3 The other Mahatma's naive Monarchism: Phule, Paine, and the appeal to Queen Victoria / Jimmy Casas Klausen Klausen, Jimmy Casas 73

4 The New World'sans-culottes': French revolutionary ideology in Saint-Domingue / Johnhenry Gonzalez Gonzalez, Johnhenry 101

5 Confronting colonial otherness: the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the limits of imperial legal universalism / Bonny Ibhawoh Ibhawoh, Bonny 116

6 The indigenous redemption of liberal universalism / Tim Rowse Rowse, Tim 133

7 Troubling appropriations: Pedro Paterno's Filipino deployment of French Lamarckianism / Megan C. Thomas Thomas, Megan C. 156

8 Colonial hesitation, appropriation, and citation: Qasim Amia, empire, and saying 'no' / Murad Idris Idris, Murad 180

9 Marxism and historicism in the thought of Abdullah Laroui / Yasmeen Daifallah Daifallah, Yasmeen 217.

ISBN:

9781526105653

1526105659

9781526105646

1526105640

OCLC:

967502872

Publisher Number:

99973414279