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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... of African Tribal War and Massacre 166 V. The End of Progressive Imperialism 168 A. Race and the End of the Democratic Imperialism of the Pre - World War II Era 168 B. The Unrealized Age of an American Imperialism : Prelude V.
... races . . . an alien body of sojourners , a ' parasite ' upon the carcass of its host , destined to extract wealth from the country and retiring to consume it at home . " " The direct cause of Rome's decay " was , in Hobson's view , the ...
... races , animated by Hellenic culture.1 As W. W. Tarn has written : " Aristotle's State had still cared nothing for humanity outside its own borders . . . Alexander changed all that . When he declared that all men were alike sons of one ...
... 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 an ...
... races had a duty to civilize the lower and that to do otherwise was to take " the road toward decadence . " 46 As a bourgeois positivist , he worked to expel Catholic influences from the Republic by depriving religious orders of the ...
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 |