Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780197506400)

Set in the context of the early-modern British Empire, Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism paints a striking picture of the tensions between the illiberal origins of capitalism and its liberal imaginations in metropolitan thought. Onur Ulas Ince combines an analysis of political economy and political theory to examine the impact of colonial economic relations on the development of liberal thought in Britain. He shows how a liberal self-image for the British Empire was constructed in the face of the systematic expropriation, exploitation, and servitude that built its transoceanic capitalist economy. The resilience of Britain's self-image was due in large part to the liberal intellectuals of empire, and Ince forcefully demonstrates that liberalism as a language of politics was elaborated in and through the political economic debates around the contested meanings of private property, market exchange, and free labor. Weaving together intellectual history, critical theory, and colonial studies, this book is a bold attempt to reconceptualize the historical relationship between capitalism, liberalism, and empire in a way that continues to resonate with our present moment.

Author: Onur Ulas Ince
ISBN-10: 0197506402
ISBN-13: 9780197506400
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2020
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d