Lewis Feuer, a distinguished philosopher and social critic, has presented a remarkable thesis in "Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialist Mind". Feuer regards imperialism as a natural political process, and one that is endemic to all nations under all political and social systems. The significant distinction to make is whether a given imperialistic period is progressive or regressive. The greatest historical advances, maintains Feuer, have been made during progressive imperialistic eras, such as the Hellenic-Macedonian, the Roman, and the modern British periods. Retrogression took place under the Tartar and Spanish imperialisms. Feuer claims that neo-Marxists are wrong when they cite the relative backwardness of colonial peoples and blame the condition on the imperialism of advanced Western nations. History tells a different tale.As John Stuart Mill demonstrated in the case of India, the actual historical record shows the British imperialistic era to be one of remarkable development, and one that prompted democracy. In a sure-to-be controversial passage, Feuer asserts that the results of imperialistic interventions differ as to result in predictable ways. Therefore, the relative "participatory imperialism" practised by the United States and Britain has achieved positive results, while the authoritarian imperialism of the Soviet Union has resulted in retrogression. He cites the Belgian Congo as a prime example of authoritarian imperialism.
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“What a delight!... Feuer blends the coverage of history and biography to illumine the ‘main trends of our time’ with both finesse and thorough scholarship. I find his arguments cogent and his examples and documentations brilliant and true. Feuer plays like a master organist across the keys of history and biography.”
– Joseph Brandon Ford, Contemporary Sociology
“Whatever his or her favorite governing theory of empire, the student of the subject will find Feuer’s book compelling… trenchantly analyed and regularly presented in remarkable prose… This study is a special distillation of the knowledge of a scholar whose intellectual interests have never been narrow.”
– Raymond F. Betts, American Historical Review
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.About the Author
Lewis S. Feuer was professor emeritus at the University of Virginia. Formerly he has taught sociology and philosophy at the University of California in Berkeley, the University of Vermont, and the University of Toronto. He is the author of Marx and the Intellectuals; The Scientific Intellectual; Psychoanalysis and Ethics; and The Conflict of Generations. He has recently been honored with a volume of essays in his honor entitled Philosophy, History and Social Action.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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