Krishan Kumar provides panoramic and multifaceted portraits of five major European empires--Ottoman, Habsburg, Russian/Soviet, British, and French--showing how each, like ancient Rome, saw itself as the carrier of universal civilization...

The empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Until now, most recent scholarship on...

Empires have been the commonest form of political organization for most of recorded history. How should we best understand them? What are their principles and how do they differ from other political forms, such as the nation-state? What...

"Public and Private in Thought and Practice: Perspectives on a Grand Dichotomy" von Krishan Kumar ist eine Sammlung von Essays, die sich mit der Unterscheidung zwischen dem Öffentlichen und dem Privaten in verschiedenen...