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Race, empire, and the idea of human development / Thomas McCarthy.
Livre
Edited by Cambridge University Press. Cambridge - 2009
Examines racism and imperialism in the modern world order, arguing that both remain a fundamental part of Western hegemony.
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..