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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... Universal Theme of History B. The Neo - Marxist " Dependency " Theory of Imperialism C. The " Dependency ” Theory and the United States 26 3323 13 13 D. Consumers ' Imperialism : Consumers ' Desires as the Popular Basis for Imperialism ...
... universal theme of history ? Were Lenin and Hobson mistaken in thinking it probably the last stage of a predatory order ? If so , does the distinction between the modes of imperial- ism — the progressive mode as opposed to the ...
... universal rule of law and security of person . A regressive imperialism , on the other hand , aims at a perpetual exploitation or extermination of peoples whether less or more advanced ; the echelons of its military and civil services ...
... universal . . . it must break down — because it is im- manently incapable of becoming a universal form of production . In its living history it is a contradiction in itself . " 31 Rosa Luxemburg believed that imperialism , if it ...
... the Western proletariat . " Such is the nature , Lenin argued , of " moribund capitalism . " 34 II UNDERSTANDING PROGRESSIVE IMPERIALISM A. Imperialism as a Universal Theme 12 IMPERIALISM AND THE ANTI - IMPERIALIST MIND.
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 |