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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... Century 57 582 57 68 74 F. As Pariahs During the Decline of British Imperialism IV . The Imperialist Spirit and the Anti - Imperial Mind 104 A. The Ideology of Imperialist Guilt 104 B. The Will to Empire : the Prospero and Caliban ...
... century . A progressive imperialism is one in which energies are liberated for the advancement of civilization and creative activity . The psychological portrait of the imperialist character by anti - imperialist writers has per- haps ...
... century vision of a world in which all peoples would establish their counterparts of the American republic , prizing liberty , safeguarding rights , and devoting themselves to the arts and sciences — rejected that role , for the word ...
... , they lacked the symbiotic presence of large , prosperous towns along the roads that might have made for interstitial economic connections . A fourteenth century Italian merchant reported of the great caravan roads : " IMPERIALISM 5.
... centuries . The mark of regressive imperialism when it attempts to organize the economic life of a subjugated people is that the political relations of forcible domination are extended into the economic controls . What ensues is best ...
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 |