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ALIBIS OF EMPIRE ALIBIS OF EMPIRE HENRY MAINE AND THE ENDS OF LIBERAL IMPERIALISM Karuna Mantena PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Copyright2010byPrincetonUniversityPress PublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet, Princeton,NewJersey08540 IntheUnitedKingdom:PrincetonUniversityPress,6OxfordStreet, Woodstock,OxfordshireOX201TW AllRightsReserved LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Mantena,Karuna,1974– Alibisofempire:HenryMaineandtheendsofliberalimperialism/KarunaMantena. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-691-12816-0(hardcover:alk.paper) 1.Imperialism.2.GreatBritain—Colonies.3.Maine,HenrySumner,Sir, 1822-1888—Politicalandsocialviews.I.Title. JC359.M2772009 325.22—dc22 2009019884 BritishLibraryCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailable ThisbookhasbeencomposedinSabonwithGillSans. Printedonacid-freepaper. press.princeton.edu PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 For my parents SURYANARAYANA RAJU AND ANASUYA MANTENA Contents Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION TheIdeologicalOriginsofIndirectRule 1 CHAPTERONE TheCrisisofLiberalImperialism 21 CHAPTERTWO InventingTraditionalSociety:EmpireandtheOrigins ofSocialTheory 56 CHAPTERTHREE CodificationintheEastandWest 89 CHAPTERFOUR TheNineteenth-CenturyDebateonProperty 119 CHAPTERFIVE NativeSocietyinCrisis:ConceptualFoundations ofIndirectRule 148 CODA LiberalismandEmpireReconsidered 179 Notes 189 Bibliography 227 Index 255 Acknowledgments RESEARCH FOR THIS BOOK was made possible by grants from the Social ScienceResearchCouncil,theMindadeGunzburgCenterforEuropean Studies,theDepartmentofGovernment,andtheGraduateSchoolofArts andSciencesatHarvardUniversity.Thisbookgrewoutofadissertation project that was encouraged and shepherded from its earliest stages by RichardTuckandPratapBhanuMehta.Theirunrestrainederuditionand originalityofinsightinspiredandshapedthisenterprisemoredeeply,and inmanymoreways,thantheyknow.IamgratefulalsotoSeylaBenhabib and Glyn Morgan for their formative criticism, counsel, and unfailing support.SudiptaKavirajandIstvanHont,inadditiontobeingtoexem- plaryscholarsandteachers,havebeenexceptionallygenerouswiththeir time and wisdom. All have taught me about the challenge and value of working creatively and seriously at the intersection of politics, political theory,andthehistoryofpoliticalthought,forwhichIthankthemwith gratitudeandadmiration. Thethinking,research,andwritingofthisbookhavebeenwithmefor over a decade, during which time I have benefited enormously from the generosity and guidance of friends, mentors, and colleagues. I have in- curred special debts to Danielle Allen, David Apter, Katy Arnold, Asli Bali, Barney Bate, Duncan Bell, Clarisse Bertheze`ne, Richard Bourke, DavidBromwich,SusanBuck-Morss,ChrisChekuri,NoahDauber,Nick Dirks, Munis Faruqui, Jason Frank, Bryan Garsten, Michael Gasper, WillGlover,ManuGoswami,DuncanKelly,ArangKesharvarzian,Sanjay Krishnan, David Lieberman, Michael Lobban, Jonathan Magidoff, Mahmood Mamdani, Tomaz Mastnak, Tom McCarthy, Uday Mehta, Farina Mir, Molly Moloney, Jeanne Morefield, Sam Moyn, Darra Mulderry, Sankar Muthu, Ranjit Nahal, Isaac Nakhimovsky, Nauman Naqvi, Paulina Ochoa, Steve Pincus, Jennifer Pitts, Teena Purohit, Aziz Rana, Anupama Rao, Nadia Rasheed, Sanjay Reddy, Mel Richter, Emma Rothschild, Greta Scharnweber, Jean-Fre´de´ric Schaub, Melissa Schwartzberg,DavidScott,NermeenShaikh,IanShapiro,KristinSmith, StevenSmith,TravisSmith,VeritySmith,AnnieStilz,PrakashUpadhyay, Nadia Urbinati, Fre´de´ric Vandenberghe, Milind Wakankar, and Cheryl Welch. The faculty, staff, and students at the Government Department andCommitteeonSocialStudiesatHarvardUniversity;theDepartment of Government at Cornell University; and the Department of Political Science,PrograminEthics,Politics,andEconomics,andDirectedStudies

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ALIBIS OF EMPIRE ALIBIS OF EMPIRE HENRY MAINE AND THE ENDS OF LIBERAL IMPERIALISM Karuna Mantena PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Copyright2010byPrincetonUniversityPress PublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet, Princeton,NewJersey08540 IntheUnitedKingdom:PrincetonUniversityPress,6OxfordStreet, Woodstock,OxfordshireOX201TW AllRightsReserved LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Mantena,Karuna,1974– Alibisofempire:HenryMaineandtheendsofliberalimperialism/KarunaMantena. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-691-12816-0(hardcover:alk.paper) 1.Imperialism.2.GreatBritain—Colonies.3.Maine,HenrySumner,Sir, 1822-1888—Politicalandsocialviews.I.Title. JC359.M2772009 325.22—dc22 2009019884 BritishLibraryCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailable ThisbookhasbeencomposedinSabonwithGillSans. Printedonacid-freepaper. press.princeton.edu PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 For my parents SURYANARAYANA RAJU AND ANASUYA MANTENA Contents Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION TheIdeologicalOriginsofIndirectRule 1 CHAPTERONE TheCrisisofLiberalImperialism 21 CHAPTERTWO InventingTraditionalSociety:EmpireandtheOrigins ofSocialTheory 56 CHAPTERTHREE CodificationintheEastandWest 89 CHAPTERFOUR TheNineteenth-CenturyDebateonProperty 119 CHAPTERFIVE NativeSocietyinCrisis:ConceptualFoundations ofIndirectRule 148 CODA LiberalismandEmpireReconsidered 179 Notes 189 Bibliography 227 Index 255 Acknowledgments RESEARCH FOR THIS BOOK was made possible by grants from the Social ScienceResearchCouncil,theMindadeGunzburgCenterforEuropean Studies,theDepartmentofGovernment,andtheGraduateSchoolofArts andSciencesatHarvardUniversity.Thisbookgrewoutofadissertation project that was encouraged and shepherded from its earliest stages by RichardTuckandPratapBhanuMehta.Theirunrestrainederuditionand originalityofinsightinspiredandshapedthisenterprisemoredeeply,and inmanymoreways,thantheyknow.IamgratefulalsotoSeylaBenhabib and Glyn Morgan for their formative criticism, counsel, and unfailing support.SudiptaKavirajandIstvanHont,inadditiontobeingtoexem- plaryscholarsandteachers,havebeenexceptionallygenerouswiththeir time and wisdom. All have taught me about the challenge and value of working creatively and seriously at the intersection of politics, political theory,andthehistoryofpoliticalthought,forwhichIthankthemwith gratitudeandadmiration. Thethinking,research,andwritingofthisbookhavebeenwithmefor over a decade, during which time I have benefited enormously from the generosity and guidance of friends, mentors, and colleagues. I have in- curred special debts to Danielle Allen, David Apter, Katy Arnold, Asli Bali, Barney Bate, Duncan Bell, Clarisse Bertheze`ne, Richard Bourke, DavidBromwich,SusanBuck-Morss,ChrisChekuri,NoahDauber,Nick Dirks, Munis Faruqui, Jason Frank, Bryan Garsten, Michael Gasper, WillGlover,ManuGoswami,DuncanKelly,ArangKesharvarzian,Sanjay Krishnan, David Lieberman, Michael Lobban, Jonathan Magidoff, Mahmood Mamdani, Tomaz Mastnak, Tom McCarthy, Uday Mehta, Farina Mir, Molly Moloney, Jeanne Morefield, Sam Moyn, Darra Mulderry, Sankar Muthu, Ranjit Nahal, Isaac Nakhimovsky, Nauman Naqvi, Paulina Ochoa, Steve Pincus, Jennifer Pitts, Teena Purohit, Aziz Rana, Anupama Rao, Nadia Rasheed, Sanjay Reddy, Mel Richter, Emma Rothschild, Greta Scharnweber, Jean-Fre´de´ric Schaub, Melissa Schwartzberg,DavidScott,NermeenShaikh,IanShapiro,KristinSmith, StevenSmith,TravisSmith,VeritySmith,AnnieStilz,PrakashUpadhyay, Nadia Urbinati, Fre´de´ric Vandenberghe, Milind Wakankar, and Cheryl Welch. The faculty, staff, and students at the Government Department andCommitteeonSocialStudiesatHarvardUniversity;theDepartment of Government at Cornell University; and the Department of Political Science,PrograminEthics,Politics,andEconomics,andDirectedStudies

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Alibis of Empire presents a novel account of the origins, substance, and afterlife of late imperial ideology. Karuna Mantena challenges the idea that Victorian empire was primarily legitimated by liberal notions of progress and civilization. In fact, as the British Empire gained its farthest reach,
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