J.S. Mill's Encounter with India - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1487554923 ISBN 13: 9781487554927

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2023

Synopsis

John Stuart Mill worked for the East India Company in London for thirty-five years (1823-58), drafting many hundreds of dispatches for the guidance of British administrators in India. Historians have long been aware of Mill's involvement in British Indian government. This comprehensive effort brings together different strands of scholarship on Mill to determine the character of his role based on analyses of his draft despatches and comparisons of their practical and theoretical concerns with the broad themes of Mill's major writings on political philosophy and economics. The essays in this collection explore specific aspects of Mill's approach to Indian issues, including religion, law, education, and security, and also place him within the broader currents of utilitarianism. The contributors present different perspectives on the ideology in Mill's pragmatic work for the Company and his personal philosophy.

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About the Author

Martin I. Moir was deputy director of the British Library’s Oriental and India Office Collections. Douglas M. Peers is an associate professor at the Department of History, University of Calgary. Lynn Zastoupil is an associate professor in the Department of History, Rhodes College.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487554923
• ISBN 13: 9781487554927
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Moir Martin I., Peers Douglas M., Zastoupil Lynn