Early (Modern) Empires
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20074411 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mauro J Caraccioli (0000-0002-6583-6242, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 419-431 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Routledge Handbook of Historical International Relations (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781351168960-39 |
| OpenAlex | W3160196418 |
| ISBN | 9781351168960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Contemporary studies of imperialism have long focused on representations of the past. Yet the history of empire itself is a product of how aspiring political powers saw and wished to be seen by their current and future rivals. To take on the project of imperial domination is to walk on the shoulders of giants, particularly earlier endeavours to transform how political conquest has been legitimized. To that end, this chapter looks at the logics of empire as a strategy of narrative construction. After highlighting foundational texts and debates over the proper definitions of empire in the history of International Relations (IR), I illustrate how scholars of Historical IR can draw on transdisciplinary studies to think of early modern empires in a more dynamic light. I conclude that although imperial missions have always been about continuing conquests of the past, they are also about the languages used to make those projects seem new
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |