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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... trade and manufacture was a source of wealth and prosperity to them . " 4 But Mongol imperialism itself brought no higher culture and tech- nology to the conquered areas . As a " tributary imperialism , " unlike the British and French ...
... trade in slaves , furs , and silk that persisted remained peripheral to Western European societies and scarcely fostered the kind of commercial capitalism that would lead toward an industrial revolution . 2. The Spanish Case Historical ...
... trade , finance and the scanty luxury industries , were foreign : French , Genoese , and Flemings in large numbers , " as well as some English and Dutch.20 Spain's own trade with its American colonies had so much diminished that its ...
... Labor Party , in subsequent years , tended to be moral critics of imperialism , the working- men in the Trades Union Congress , on the other 13 Understanding Progressive Imperialism A Imperialism as a Universal Theme of History.
Lewis Samuel Feuer. men in the Trades Union Congress , on the other hand , were noticeably aloof to their indignation.3 More than two thousand years earlier , when the radical , socialistic brothers Gracchi were dramatically dominant in ...
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 |