Enlightenment against Empire

"Inspired by a more multifaceted view of the Enlightenment, Muthu looks at a forgotten legacy from this period, its anti-imperialism." —Gregory Jusdanis, Research in African Literatures

In the late eighteenth century, an array of European political thinkers attacked the very foundations of imperialism, arguing passionately that empire-building was not only unworkable, costly, and dangerous, but manifestly unjust. Enlightenment Against Empire is the first book devoted to the anti-imperialist ...