Between commerce and empire: David Hume, colonial slavery, and commercial incivility

Between commerce and empire: David Hume, colonial slavery, and commercial incivility

Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought has recently been reclaimed as arobust, albeit short-lived, cosmopolitan critique of European imperialism. Thisessay complicates this interpretation through a study of David Hume’s reflectionson commerce, empire, and slavery. I argue that while Hume condemned...

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Main Author: INCE, Onur Ulas
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
Subjects:
Liberalism
empire
capitalism
colonialism
slavery
commerce
Enlightenment
David Hume
Adam Smith
Political Economy
Political Science
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research_all/9
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=soss_research_all
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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