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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Encountering and Narrating -- 1 Islamic and European Globalisations -- 2 The French in Madagascar, the French from Madagascar -- 3 Imperial Failure and Colonial Fantasies -- 4 Maudave, or The Optimist -- 5 Unsuccessful Conquistadors -- 6 Beňovský or The Enlightenment Robinsonade -- 7 Persistence and the End of the Dream of Madagascar -- Creating Knowledge -- 8 The Spirit of Gentleness -- 9 Taboos of Enlightenment Colonialism -- 10 Colonialism and philosophie -- 11 Adventurers and Bureaucrats -- 12 The Birth of Modern Colonialism? -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Index.

The books published in this series place particular emphasis on the transregional - transimperial, transnational, transcultural - and the transtemporal orientation of political concepts and practices of power, with a special focus on idioms of rulership, political normativity and order, as well as subversion and rebellion against such regimes.