IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ulp/sbbeta/2023-44.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Marx and Mill on “Systematic Colonization”: Irreconcilable Views?

Author

Listed:
  • Philippe GILLIG

Abstract

In the final chapter of Capital I, Marx interprets the economists’ support for “Systematic Colonization” as an implicit admission that capitalism cannot be regarded as natural, because it must be created through State intervention. On this issue, one of Marx’s main targets is J. S. Mill, an enthusiastic defender of “Systematic Colonization”. Although historians generally accept Marx’s viewpoint on this topic, we defend the opposite view: Mill did not advocate the establishment of capitalism in the colonies when supporting “Systematic Colonization”. Indeed, Mill’s analysis of the colonial question presents astonishing similarities with that of Marx.

Suggested Citation

  • Philippe GILLIG, 2023. "Marx and Mill on “Systematic Colonization”: Irreconcilable Views?," Working Papers of BETA 2023-44, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulp:sbbeta:2023-44
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://beta.u-strasbg.fr/WP/2023/2023-44.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    K. Marx; J. S. Mill; colonization; E. G. Wakefield; critique of political economy; capitalism; socialism.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • B10 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - General
    • B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)
    • B14 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ulp:sbbeta:2023-44. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/bestrfr.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.