The Alchemy of Empire - Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism (Hardcover)

Named 'Top 6' South Asia studies publications of 2016 by the British Association for South Asian Studies The Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials of empire-building, this study traces the genealogies of substances like mud, mortar, ice, and paper, as well as forms of knowledge like inoculation. Showing how East India Company employees deployed the paradigm of alchemy in order to make sense of the new worlds they confronted, Rajani Sudan argues that the Enlightenment was born largely out of Europe’s (and Britain’s) sense of insecurity and inferiority in the early modern world. Plumbing the depths of the imperial archive, Sudan uncovers the history of the British Enlightenment in the literary artifacts of the long eighteenth century, from the correspondence of the East India Company and the papers of the Royal Society to the poetry of Alexander Pope and the novels of Jane Austen.

General

Imprint:	Fordham University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2016
Authors:	Rajani Sudan
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-8232-7067-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > History > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8232-7067-X
Barcode:	9780823270675

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