Enlightened Colonialism : Civilization Narratives and Imperial Politics in the Age of Reason.
Tricoire, Damien.
Enlightened Colonialism : Civilization Narratives and Imperial Politics in the Age of Reason. - 1st ed. - Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. ©2017. - 1 online resource (319 pages) - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies . - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies .
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Intro -- Enlightened Colonialism -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- The Enlightenment and Colonialism: The Debate -- The Enlightenment Narrative and Imperial Actors: The Approach -- Enlightened Colonialism: Some Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part I The Invention of the Enlightenment and the Return of Assimilationist Policy -- The Enlightenment and the Politics of Civilization: Self-Colonization, Catholicism, and Assimilationism in Eighteenth-Century France -- France's Self-Colonization, the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, and the Origins of the Enlightenment Narrative -- Voltaire's Synthesis of the "Ancient" and "Modern" Theses -- The Enlightenment and the Comeback of the Project to Civilize and Assimilate "Wild" and "Barbarous" Peoples -- The Philosophes and the Politicians -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Enlightened Colonialism? French Assimilationism, Silencing, and Colonial Fantasy on Madagascar -- Maudave and the Imaginary Colonization of Madagascar -- Beňovský, or the Writing of a French Colonial Novel -- Enlightened Silencing Through "Saming" -- Was There an Enlightened Colonialism? -- Notes -- References -- Part II From Civilizing to Assimilationist Policy -- Portuguese Indigenous Policy and Indigenous Politics in the Age of Enlightenment: Assimilationist Ideals and the Preservation of Native Identities -- Pombaline Reforms and Enlightenment -- Indigenous Policy Under Pombal: Ruptures and Continuities -- Indigenous Policy and Indigenous Politics: Negotiating Interests While Preserving Differences -- Assimilationist Ideals and the Preservation of Indigenous Identities in Colonial Indian Settlements -- Final Considerations -- Notes -- References. New Forms of Colonialism on the Frontiers of Hispanic America: Assimilationist Projects and Economic Disputes (Río de la Plata, Late Eighteenth Century) -- Assimilation as a Transformation Utopia -- Production, Trade, and Disputes Over the Resources of the Villages -- Communal Liberation: Enlightened Progress or Territorial Expansion? -- Notes -- References -- Part III The Invention of Intra-European Colonialism -- Civilizing Strategies and the Beginning of Colonial Policy in the Eighteenth-Century Russian Empire -- Civilization Through Religion -- The "Civilizing" of the Economy and Way of Life: Farming and Domestication -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Creating Differences for Integration: Enlightened Reforms and Civilizing Missions in the Eastern European Possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy (1750-1815) -- Cameralist Reform and Social Progress: Categories and Taxonomies as Prerequisites for Building Hierarchies -- From Cameralism to Orientalism: The Construction of the Habsburg East -- The Creation of an Imperial Periphery: Galicia -- Habsburg Enlightened Orientalism: From Social Reform to Ethnic Stereotypes -- Final Considerations -- Notes -- References -- Part IV Towards Civilizing Policy in the British Empire -- "Gradually Reclaiming Them from a State of Barbarism": Emergence of and Ambivalence in the Aboriginal Civilization Project in Canada (1815-1857) -- The Factors Behind the Civilization Project -- 1830: A Turning Point -- Financial Blockages -- Ideological Disagreements -- The Civilization Project and the Formalization of Guardianship -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Europe in an Indian Mirror: Comparing Conceptions of Civil Government in Abu Taleb's Travels (1810) -- Hybrid Empire: The British in India in the Eighteenth Century -- Abu Taleb and His Travels -- Comparing Constitution and Law -- The Challenge of Revolution. Notes -- References -- Part V Civilization, Racial Order, and Slavery -- Jean-François de Saint-Lambert and His Moral conte "Ziméo" (1769) in the Context of Abolitionist and Imperial Activities -- Saint-Lambert - "Enlightened" Philosopher, Author, and Abolitionist -- "Ziméo" - Saint-Lambert's Abolitionist Moral Tale -- On Saint-Lambert's Esthetics of Contrast -- Philosophical Treatise and Fictional Narrative: Complementary or Antithetical Visions? -- Saint-Lambert - the Abolitionist and Imperial Actor -- Notes -- References -- Slavery and the Enlightenment in Jamaica and the British Empire, 1760-1772: The Afterlife of Tacky's Rebellion and the Origins of British Abolitionism -- The Slave Rebel's Vision of Self-Liberation -- The Planters' Response to Tacky's Rebellion -- Metropolitan Responses to Tacky's Rebellion -- The Slaves' Death as Martyrdom -- Notes -- References -- France, the Abolition of Slavery, and Abolitionisms in the Eighteenth Century -- Colonial Policy Under the Old Regime Between Assimilationism and Recognition of Colonial Peculiarities -- Colonial Questions in the French Revolution -- Notes -- References -- Colonial Enlightenment and the French Revolution: Julien Raymond and Milscent Créole -- Julien Raymond on Race and Slavery -- Claude Milscent: From Slave Owner to Abolitionist -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Black Athena in Haiti: Universal History, Colonization, and the African Origins of Civilization in Postrevolutionary Haitian Writing -- Early Nineteenth-Century Debates About Haiti, Race, and Civilization -- Africa as the Cradle of Arts and Sciences -- Civilizing Missions -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Enlightened Colonialism : Civilization Narratives and Imperial Politics in the Age of Reason. - 1st ed. - Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. ©2017. - 1 online resource (319 pages) - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies . - Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies .
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Intro -- Enlightened Colonialism -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- The Enlightenment and Colonialism: The Debate -- The Enlightenment Narrative and Imperial Actors: The Approach -- Enlightened Colonialism: Some Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part I The Invention of the Enlightenment and the Return of Assimilationist Policy -- The Enlightenment and the Politics of Civilization: Self-Colonization, Catholicism, and Assimilationism in Eighteenth-Century France -- France's Self-Colonization, the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, and the Origins of the Enlightenment Narrative -- Voltaire's Synthesis of the "Ancient" and "Modern" Theses -- The Enlightenment and the Comeback of the Project to Civilize and Assimilate "Wild" and "Barbarous" Peoples -- The Philosophes and the Politicians -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Enlightened Colonialism? French Assimilationism, Silencing, and Colonial Fantasy on Madagascar -- Maudave and the Imaginary Colonization of Madagascar -- Beňovský, or the Writing of a French Colonial Novel -- Enlightened Silencing Through "Saming" -- Was There an Enlightened Colonialism? -- Notes -- References -- Part II From Civilizing to Assimilationist Policy -- Portuguese Indigenous Policy and Indigenous Politics in the Age of Enlightenment: Assimilationist Ideals and the Preservation of Native Identities -- Pombaline Reforms and Enlightenment -- Indigenous Policy Under Pombal: Ruptures and Continuities -- Indigenous Policy and Indigenous Politics: Negotiating Interests While Preserving Differences -- Assimilationist Ideals and the Preservation of Indigenous Identities in Colonial Indian Settlements -- Final Considerations -- Notes -- References. New Forms of Colonialism on the Frontiers of Hispanic America: Assimilationist Projects and Economic Disputes (Río de la Plata, Late Eighteenth Century) -- Assimilation as a Transformation Utopia -- Production, Trade, and Disputes Over the Resources of the Villages -- Communal Liberation: Enlightened Progress or Territorial Expansion? -- Notes -- References -- Part III The Invention of Intra-European Colonialism -- Civilizing Strategies and the Beginning of Colonial Policy in the Eighteenth-Century Russian Empire -- Civilization Through Religion -- The "Civilizing" of the Economy and Way of Life: Farming and Domestication -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Creating Differences for Integration: Enlightened Reforms and Civilizing Missions in the Eastern European Possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy (1750-1815) -- Cameralist Reform and Social Progress: Categories and Taxonomies as Prerequisites for Building Hierarchies -- From Cameralism to Orientalism: The Construction of the Habsburg East -- The Creation of an Imperial Periphery: Galicia -- Habsburg Enlightened Orientalism: From Social Reform to Ethnic Stereotypes -- Final Considerations -- Notes -- References -- Part IV Towards Civilizing Policy in the British Empire -- "Gradually Reclaiming Them from a State of Barbarism": Emergence of and Ambivalence in the Aboriginal Civilization Project in Canada (1815-1857) -- The Factors Behind the Civilization Project -- 1830: A Turning Point -- Financial Blockages -- Ideological Disagreements -- The Civilization Project and the Formalization of Guardianship -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Europe in an Indian Mirror: Comparing Conceptions of Civil Government in Abu Taleb's Travels (1810) -- Hybrid Empire: The British in India in the Eighteenth Century -- Abu Taleb and His Travels -- Comparing Constitution and Law -- The Challenge of Revolution. Notes -- References -- Part V Civilization, Racial Order, and Slavery -- Jean-François de Saint-Lambert and His Moral conte "Ziméo" (1769) in the Context of Abolitionist and Imperial Activities -- Saint-Lambert - "Enlightened" Philosopher, Author, and Abolitionist -- "Ziméo" - Saint-Lambert's Abolitionist Moral Tale -- On Saint-Lambert's Esthetics of Contrast -- Philosophical Treatise and Fictional Narrative: Complementary or Antithetical Visions? -- Saint-Lambert - the Abolitionist and Imperial Actor -- Notes -- References -- Slavery and the Enlightenment in Jamaica and the British Empire, 1760-1772: The Afterlife of Tacky's Rebellion and the Origins of British Abolitionism -- The Slave Rebel's Vision of Self-Liberation -- The Planters' Response to Tacky's Rebellion -- Metropolitan Responses to Tacky's Rebellion -- The Slaves' Death as Martyrdom -- Notes -- References -- France, the Abolition of Slavery, and Abolitionisms in the Eighteenth Century -- Colonial Policy Under the Old Regime Between Assimilationism and Recognition of Colonial Peculiarities -- Colonial Questions in the French Revolution -- Notes -- References -- Colonial Enlightenment and the French Revolution: Julien Raymond and Milscent Créole -- Julien Raymond on Race and Slavery -- Claude Milscent: From Slave Owner to Abolitionist -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Black Athena in Haiti: Universal History, Colonization, and the African Origins of Civilization in Postrevolutionary Haitian Writing -- Early Nineteenth-Century Debates About Haiti, Race, and Civilization -- Africa as the Cradle of Arts and Sciences -- Civilizing Missions -- Notes -- References -- Index.
9783319542805
Intellectual life-History.
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