3. Diderot and the Evils of Empire: The Histoire des deux Indes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. 1. Introduction: Enlightenment Political Thought and the Age of Empire 1
5. 2. Toward a Subversion of Noble Savagery: From Natural Humans to Cultural Humans 11
6. 3. Diderot and the Evils of Empire: The Histoire des deux Indes 72
7. 4. Humanity and Culture in Kant’s Politics 122
8. 5. Kant’s Anti-imperialism: Cultural Agency and Cosmopolitan Right 172
9. 6. Pluralism, Humanity, and Empire in Herder’s Political Thought 210
10. 7. Conclusion: The Philosophical Sources and Legacies of Enlightenment Anti-imperialism 259
11. Notes 285
12. Works Cited 325
13. Index 341