The colonial dream: imperial knowledge and the French-Malagasy encounters in the age of Enlightenment

The series aims at publishing works operating at the intersections of political theory, intellectual and conceptual history, and empirically dense socio-economic and political analyses of power. The works published in this series will place particular emphasis on the transregional - transimperial, t...

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Main Author: Tricoire, Damien 1981- (Author)
Other Authors: O'Neill, Christine 1961- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Oldenbourg [2023]
Series:Transregional practices of power volume 5
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Summary:The series aims at publishing works operating at the intersections of political theory, intellectual and conceptual history, and empirically dense socio-economic and political analyses of power. The works published in this series will 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.European expansion began in the early modern period, but in the 18th century Europeans were still far from establishing their rule in Africa or Asia. Many attempts at expansion failed miserably. Nevertheless, the belief in European supremacy and civilizing charisma was consolidated. This study examines the reasons for these unrealistic plans and shows how a gap developed between imperial aspirations and the reality of intercultural encounters. Using the history of French attempts at expansion in Madagascar as an example, it analyses the unfolding of colonial fantasy, the production of bureaucratic knowledge and the role of the Enlightenment in the development of colonialism
Physical Description:XI, 388 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 23 cm x 15.5 cm
ISBN:9783110715248
3110715244

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