Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/927513
- Title
- 'Like prussic acid in a bottle of medicine': liberal principles and colonial rule
- Author/Creator
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Jose, Jim
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, School of Economics, Politics and Tourism
- Description
- This paper explores the imperial understandings of colonial rule at the end of the nineteenth century in the Straits Settlements consisting principally of Singapore, Penang and Malacca. The vehicle for this exploration is the Straits Philosophical Association, an organisation comprising a significant a cross-section of the Straits colonial elite that met regularly to present and discuss essays on matters of wide-ranging philosophical interest. The paper explores the ways in which members of the SPS understood the intersection of liberal principles and colonial rule. The focus is with exploring the elite’s understanding of the rationalities of colonial government, and hence how they understood, constructed and contributed to those rationalities.
- Relation
- APSA 06: Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2006. APSA 06 Conference Proceedings (Callaghan, N.S.W. 25-27 September, 2006)
- Relation
- http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/business/areas-of-study/politics/apsa.html
- Date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Newcastle, Faculty of Business and Law
- Keyword(s)
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colonial government;
imperialism;
liberal principles;
Straits Philosophical Association
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/927513
- Identifier
- ISSN:1368-8790
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