Colonialism : a moral reckoning /
"A new assessment of the West's colonial record. In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with Russia rattling its...
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London :
William Collins,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Motives, good and bad
- From slavery to anti-slavery
- Human equality, cultural superiority and 'racism'
- Land, settlers and 'conquest'
- Cultural assimilation and 'genocide'
- Free trade, investment and 'exploitation'
- Government, legitimacy and nationalism
- Justified force and 'pervasive violence'
- Conclusion: on the colonial past
- Epilogue: on anti-colonialism and the British future.