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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... native laborers and their families . An economy of spoliation is invariably accompanied by a steady decline in the population of the native laborers , for by means of weaponry , torture , and threats of punishment and death , the wages ...
... native despot . And even despotism , if it affected British rule , would still , he felt , be moved by a more genuine spirit of service and justice that might lay the groundwork for the obsolescence of its own rule . As the East India ...
... natives to become a proletariat , to work for wages . Yet capitalism is " the first mode of economy which is unable to exist by itself , which needs other economic systems as a medium and soil . " And in 10 IMPERIALISM AND THE ANTI ...
... native races , the record shows a predominant absence of such drives or intentions . " Army leaders gen- erally were against our policy of expansion , or at least neutral in the matter . To be sure , they did their duty when acting in ...
... natives . . . good and valiant soldiers ... Neither is money the sinews of war ( as is trivially said ) , where the sinews of men's arms , in base and effeminate people , are failing . " 37 A rising , progressive people will be a ...
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 |