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Colloque international - L’utilitarisme en débats - 12 et 13 décembre 2024
du 24 juin 2024 au 25 juin 2024
International
Publié le 27 mai 2024– Mis à jour le 27 mai 2024
UTILITY, COLONIES, AND EMPIRE - Emmanuelle DE CHAMPS - 24 et 25 juin 2024
As part of the research programme COLBENTHAM (Centre Bentham), this international conference reassesses the connections between utilitarianism and empire. It stands at the crossroads of a renewed history of empire and of the expanding field of Bentham studies, fuelled by recently published manuscripts.
How did utilitarian arguments contribute to imperialist or anti-imperialist debates in the late Enlightenment? How can we reconcile Bentham’s anti-colonial stance in Emancipate your Colonies! (1793) with his support for the establishment of a « Colonisation company » in Australia in 1831? To what extent did utilitarian ideas truly oppose paternalistic and racist ideology?
Scientific coordination:
- Professor Emmanuelle De Champs, Cergy Paris University
- Professor Anne Brunon-Ernst, Paris Panthéon-Assas University
Venue:
- Monday, June 24: Sciences Po, Salons scientifiques, 1 place Saint-Thomas d'Aquin, 75007 Paris
- Tuesday June 25: Sciences Po, Salle Goguel, 56 rue des Saint Pères, 75007 Paris
In person and online.
Registration: Free but mandatory registration. Access to the campus and videoconference link will only be permitted for registered participants.
Contact us: events.edd@sciencespo.fr
Contact
Emmanuelle DE CHAMPS ST LEGER :
emmanuelle.de-champs@cyu.fr
