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Reordering the World: Essays on Liberalism and Empire

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Description for Reordering the World: Essays on Liberalism and Empire Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Reordering the World is a penetrating account of the complexity and contradictions found in liberal visions of empire. Focusing mainly on nineteenth-century Britain--at the time the largest empire in history and a key incubator of liberal political thought--Duncan Bell sheds new light on some of the most important themes in modern imperial ideology. The book ranges widely across Victorian intellectual life and beyond. The opening essays explore the nature of liberalism, varieties of imperial ideology, the uses and abuses of ancient history, the imaginative functions of the monarchy, and fantasies of Anglo-Saxon global domination. They are followed by illuminating ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
786g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691138787
SKU
V9780691138787
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About Duncan Bell
Duncan Bell is Reader in Political Thought and International Relations at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College. His books include The Idea of Greater Britain: Empire and the Future of World Order, 1860-1900 (Princeton).

Reviews for Reordering the World: Essays on Liberalism and Empire
Bell's masterful study represents one of the best efforts yet to untangle the many ideological and political knots that bind liberalism and imperialism.
G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs In what is a preeminent study of the social and political construction of the world, Bell goes way beyond the typical discussions by demonstrating the shifting definitions of empire and the ... Read more

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