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    Adam Smith and Colonialism

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    Volume
    10
    Pagination
    283 - 301
    Publisher
    SAGE Publications (UK and US)
    DOI
    10.1177/1755088214539412
    Journal
    Journal of International Political Theory
    Issue
    3
    ISSN
    1755-1722
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    Abstract
    In the context of debates about liberalism and colonialism, the arguments of Adam Smith have been taken as illustrative of an important line of anti-colonial liberal thought. The reading of Smith presented here challenges this interpretation. It argues that Smith’s opposition to colonial rule derived largely from its impact on the metropole, rather than on its impact on the conquered and colonised; that Smith recognised colonialism had brought ‘improvement’ in conquered territories and that Smith struggled to balance recognition of moral diversity with a universal moral framework and a commitment to a particular interpretation of progress through history. These arguments have a wider significance as they point towards some of the issues at stake in liberal anti-colonial arguments more generally.
    Authors
    WILLIAMS, DG
    URI
    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8062
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