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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... according to the quotas set by commanders for the individual soldiers , who then wielded their battle - axes ; corpses were disemboweled to remove swallowed jewels . Regressive , blood - soaked cruelty reached an animal level . Withal ...
... according to what the merchants say who have used it . " Genghis Khan , however , had exacted a disproportionate price from civilization for guaranteeing it protection against robber bands . He described his own resolute primitivism in ...
... according to Marx's scheme the capitalist rate of profit is determined through the processes of capitalist competition , as the workers themselves sell their labor - power for the maximum wages that their bargaining on the market can ...
... according to Lenin , is " parasitic or decaying capitalism , " " parasitism raised to a high pitch : " " the exploitation of oppressed nations . . . transforms the ' civilized world ' more and more into a parasite on the body of ...
... According to the atavistic theory of imperialism , moreover , the class of professional soldiers constitute the active proponents of both militarism and imperialism : militarists , because soldiers , it is argued , always wish to ...
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 |