From Status to… Something: J.F. Stephen and Henry Maine on Inequality in Britain and India

• In Event: Nationalisms in Liberalism and Democratic Theory

Brief Overview

This paper examines the role of two important concepts in Victorian political anthropology: "status" and "contract". Though typically understood as crucial to justifications of empire, they also played a major role in liberal criticisms of democracy.

Author

• Théophile Deslauriers, Princeton University