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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... Capitalist Development in India under British Imperialism F. The Altruistic Ingredient in Progressive Imperialism 4555 50 III . A Case Study : The Jews Under the Varieties of Imperialism A. The Jews in Imperial Civilizations : Ancient ...
... capitalists or atavistic warriors , or perhaps more generically , an evil that lurks in all human beings ; presumably too , as historic evil , it carries ineluctably the fatality of its own self - punishment . The doctrines of the ...
... capitalism that would lead toward an industrial revolution . 2. The Spanish Case Historical romance surrounds the coming of the Spanish conquistadores to the New World . Undoubtedly too , for all their cruelties , such a commander as ...
... 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 command . In an economy of spolia ...
... capitalist economy and those pre - capitalist methods of production without which it cannot go on and which , in this light , it corrodes and assimilates . Only the continuous and progressive disintegration of non - capitalist ...
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 |