Elena Yi-Jia Zeng
Biographic Data
| ID | 702694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Yi-Jia Zeng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena Yi-Jia |
| FAMILY NAME | Zeng |
| SIGNATURE | ZENG E Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4479-4434 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Paul Russell, Recasting Hume and Early Modern Philosophy: Selected Essays
Richard Whatmore, The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis
The Role of Philosophy in Hume’s Critique of Empire
The British Empire found itself in uncharted territory during the global competition over military and commercial hegemony in the eighteenth century. Many thinkers questioned the wisdom of empire by comparing Britain’s overseas expansion with the fate of ancient Rome and the government’s controversial colonial policy. David Hume distinguished himself from these critical voices by adopting a detached philosophical approach. His detachment nonethel…
Empire and Liberty in Adam Ferguson’s Republicanism
Adam Ferguson’s imperial thought casts new light on the age-old republican dilemma of the tension between empire and liberty. Generations of republican writers had been haunted by this issue as the decline of Rome proved that imperial expansion would eventually ruin the liberty of a state. Many eighteenth-century Scottish thinkers regarded this as an insoluble conundrum and thus became critics of empire. Ferguson shared their basic views but, par…
Empire and Liberty in Adam Ferguson’s Republicanism
Adam Ferguson’s imperial thought casts new light on the age-old republican dilemma of the tension between empire and liberty. Generations of republican writers had been haunted by this issue as the decline of Rome proved that imperial expansion would eventually ruin the liberty of a state. Many eighteenth-century Scottish thinkers regarded this as an insoluble conundrum and thus became critics of empire. Ferguson shared their basic views but, par…
Empire and Liberty in Adam Ferguson’s Republicanism
Adam Ferguson’s imperial thought casts new light on the age-old republican dilemma of the tension between empire and liberty. Generations of republican writers had been haunted by this issue as the decline of Rome proved that imperial expansion would eventually ruin the liberty of a state. Many eighteenth-century Scottish thinkers regarded this as an insoluble conundrum and thus became critics of empire. Ferguson shared their basic views but, par…
The Role of Philosophy in Hume’s Critique of Empire
The British Empire found itself in uncharted territory during the global competition over military and commercial hegemony in the eighteenth century. Many thinkers questioned the wisdom of empire by comparing Britain’s overseas expansion with the fate of ancient Rome and the government’s controversial colonial policy. David Hume distinguished himself from these critical voices by adopting a detached philosophical approach. His detachment nonethel…
Paul Russell, Recasting Hume and Early Modern Philosophy: Selected Essays
Richard Whatmore, The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis
Philosophy (4 works) · Empire (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Dilemma (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political Theory and Influence (2 works)