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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... took pride in its imperialist vocation to organize and guide large portions of the world . Such an imperialist role was latent in the events at the end of World War II for the United States . Yet America — the most altruistic society ...
... took place when the Mongol barbarians destroyed central Asian and Middle Eastern peoples far more advanced than themselves . Their " cold and deliberate genocide , " writes J. J. Saunders , " has no parallel save that of the ancient ...
... took pride in the fallen Peking : Heaven has abandoned China , owing to its haughtiness and extravagant luxury . But I , living in the northern wilderness , have no inordinate passions . I hate luxury and exercise moderation . I have ...
... took the power of exacting forced labor into their own hands . But the repartimiento persisted ; " Indian villages , half depopulated and deprived of their surviving labor supply by the repartimiento , could hardly feed themselves ...
... took their added tax in Indian lives . In New Spain , the steady drop in the Indian population , sometimes sharply so , continued until the middle of the next century.15 The population of central Mexico , estimated at having been ...
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 |