J.S. Mill's Encounter with India

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Martin Moir, Douglas M. Peers, Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts Douglas M Peers, Lynn Zastoupil
University of Toronto Press, Jan 1, 1999 - History - 264 pages

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.

 

Contents

Eric Stokes British Utilitarianism and India
18
Panace or Weed?
34
A Reevaluation
53
John Stuart Mills Draft Despatches to India and the Problem
72
John Stuart Mill and Royal India
87
India J S Mill and Western Culture
111
Golden Casket or Pebbles and Trash? J S Mill and the AnglicistOrientalist
149
John Stuart Mill Religion and Law in the Examiners Office
173
John Stuart Mills Defence of the East India
198
John Stuart Mill and India
221
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About the author (1999)

MARTIN I. MOIR was deputy director of the British Librarys 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.

Bibliographic information

TitleJ.S. Mill's Encounter with India
G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
EditorsMartin Moir, Douglas M. Peers, Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts Douglas M Peers, Lynn Zastoupil
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press, 1999
ISBN0802007139, 9780802007131
Length264 pages
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