• DOI:10.1177/1474885114543572
Corpus ID: 148010211

Two concepts of liberal developmentalism

@article{Marwah2016TwoCO,
  title={Two concepts of liberal developmentalism},
  author={I. Marwah},
  journal={European Journal of Political Theory},
  year={2016},
  volume={15},
  pages={123 - 97}
}

I. Marwah

Published 2016

Sociology

European Journal of Political Theory

“Developmentalism” is often regarded as the bête noire haunting liberal political theory, justifying modern civilizational hierarchies and liberal imperialism. But are all developmentalisms equally tied to Eurocentric, imperialist philosophies? I consider this question through a close reading of two of the most prominent, influential, and divisive modern accounts of historical development: those of Kant and J. S. Mill. I argue that Kant's philosophy of history is embedded in an Enlightenment… CONTINUE READING

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