Anthony Pagden

Today, the majority of the peoples of the planet live in nation-states, based upon the idea, if never the reality, of a single people, a single culture, a single rule of law and a single source of sovereign authority. But will they continue to do so in the future? None of the major challenges that confront humanity today – from...

The rise and fall of modern colonial empires have had a lasting impact on the development of European political theory and notions of national identity. Lords of all the World is the first book to compare theories of empire as they emerged in, and helped to define, the great colonial powers: Spain, Britain, and France. Anthony Pagden describes how the...