Bøger af Anthony Pagden

The story of the evolution of the "European project", from the end of the Napoleonic Wars through to Brexit, this is also the story of how, and why, it became possible to imagine that the diverse peoples of Europe might be united in a single political community.

This title gives an interpretation of the reception of the new world by the old. It is an in-depth study of the pre-Enlightenment methods by which Europeans attempted to describe and classify the American Indian and his society. Key terms such as "barbarian", and "civil" are examined.

The rise and fall of modern colonial empires have had a lasting impact on the development of European political theory and notions of national identity. This book compares theories of empire as they emerged in, and helped to define, the great colonial powers of Spain, Britain and France.