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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... felt an imperialist mission ; French civilization and science were the highest in Europe when Napoleonic imperialism sought to extend their hegemony . British civilization was at its highest in the Victorian age when it took pride in ...
... felt the anxieties of " decadence , " " a great deterioration in conditions of private life and national strength " that were understood as chiefly " an outgrowth of policies followed in the sixteenth century . " Throughout the ...
... felt that the British administration could be trusted to improve their cultural level far more than any native despot . And even despotism , if it affected British rule , would still , he felt , be moved by a more genuine spirit of ...
... felt it was only capitalist society that should truly be called imperialist : " General arguments about imperialism , which ignore , or put into the background the fundamental difference of social - economic systems , inevitably ...
... felt that , strictly speaking , there was no society possible that was an example of a capitalist imperialism . To Schumpeter , who wished to exculpate capitalism from any in- volvement with imperialism and to establish that any ...
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 |