McCarthy, Thomas,

Race, empire, and the idea of human development - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - viii, 254 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780521519717 (hardback) 0521519713 (hardback) 9780521740432 (pbk.) 0521740436 (pbk.)

2009006834


Social evolution--Philosophy.
Race.
Imperialism.

HM626 / .M43 2009

305.800

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