Empire

In this episode, Abby and Seyed talk about Empire. 

Are imperialism and colonialism the same thing? Can commerce balance the tension between imperialism and liberty? Does accepting moral culpability for far away actions help or hinder justice?

For this episode, we read:

Sankar Muthu’s paper, “Conquest, Commerce, and Cosmopolitanism in Enlightenment Political Thought”The third chapter of Robert J. C. Young’s book, “Postcolonialism : An Historical Introduction”.The third chapter of Michael J. Gorman’s book, “Reading Revelation Responsibly”.