Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist MindIn this major work, Lewis S. Feuer examines critical distinctions between progressive and regressive imperialism. He explores causes of anti-imperial ideologies, noting that unlike the spoliation that took place under regressive tartar, Spanish and Nazi colonizations, civilization flourished during the progressive imperialism of Hellenic, Macedonian, Roman, and modern British eras of empire-building. Feuer holds that it is erroneous to blame the relative backwardness of colonial peoples on the imperialism of Western democratic nations. In case after case, the character of colonial rulers determined economic development and democratic reform alike. Pursuing the theme of progress versus regression, Feuer compares the imperialism of the United States with that of the Soviet Union â to the detriment of the latter in nearly every instance. His effort constitutes nothing short of a fundamentally new perspective on the lessons of modern history and the mistakes of modern analysts of international affairs. Feuer opens as well a new chapter in political psychology with his study of such anti-imperialist intellectuals as Hobson, Morel, and Leonard Woolf; his portrait of Emin Pasha, the heroic Jewish governor of Equatorial Sudan, suggests a living model for Conrad's Lord Jim. |
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... John Stuart Mill . The occasion for Mill's analysis came during the debate over British imperialism in India that followed the Sepoy Rebellion in 1857. The intellectual critics of imperialism were making their first major appearance ...
... John Locke , George Berkeley , David Hume — were advocates of the rising British imperialism , and a wiser , more rational group of philosophers has never adorned the intellect of any nation . A practising imperialist , Locke , as ...
... John Herschel ; or to measure the characteristics of Sudanese tribesmen , as did Francis Galton.43 As the botanist Joseph Hooker wrote Darwin in 1854 : " From my earliest childhood I nourished the desire to make a creditable journey in ...
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Contents
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Consumers Desires | 40 |
F The Altruistic Ingredient in Progressive Imperialism | 50 |
The Jews Under the Varieties of Imperialism | 57 |
F As Pariahs During the Decline of British Imperialism | 99 |
The End of Progressive Imperialism | 168 |
Notes | 216 |
Name Index | 259 |