Colonialism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
by Margaret Kohn and Kavita Reddy · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Peer-reviewed survey by Margaret Kohn and Kavita Reddy tracing justifications and critiques of colonial rule from Vitoria and Las Casas through Mill, Burke, Marx and Lenin to Fanon, Said, Spivak, and settler-colonial recognition debates.
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