A REMARKABLE, though ;also a largely neglected, episode in the history of theorizing liberty and pluralism can be found in the anti-imperialist political writings of the Enlightenment era. In this essay, I explore the historically anomalous character of Enlightenment anti-imperialism. That is, I explain why in the centuries immediately preceding and following the eighteenth century, there existed almost no truly anti-imperialist political philosophy. I then detail the three central ...