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New Ideology of Imperialism
Frank Furedi
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Description for New Ideology of Imperialism
Paperback. 'A refreshing counterpoint to silly Westen nostrums that various malefactors in the Third World constitute the new enemy' Foreign Affairs Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 197.
During the nineteenth-century vast areas of the underdeveloped world were invaded and colonised under the justification of Anti Slavery and the Civilising Mission. In this powerful analysis, Furedi demonstrates how, in the late twentieth century, the major nations of the West are again intervening in the Third World - this time legitimising their actions on new moral grounds.
Furedi's multidisciplinary study examines the language, nature and origins of the new moral justification for such massive intervention. Furedi argues that, in the wake of the collapse of Soviet communism, the West now presents the Third World ... Read more
During the nineteenth-century vast areas of the underdeveloped world were invaded and colonised under the justification of Anti Slavery and the Civilising Mission. In this powerful analysis, Furedi demonstrates how, in the late twentieth century, the major nations of the West are again intervening in the Third World - this time legitimising their actions on new moral grounds.
Furedi's multidisciplinary study examines the language, nature and origins of the new moral justification for such massive intervention. Furedi argues that, in the wake of the collapse of Soviet communism, the West now presents the Third World ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745308463
SKU
V9780745308463
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About Frank Furedi
Frank Furedi is Reader in Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He has written widely on history, sociology and politics and is the author of The Silent War: Imperialism and the Changing Perception of Race, The New Ideology of Imperialism: Renewing the Moral Imperative and Mythical Past and Elusive Future: History and Society in an Anxious Age, all ... Read more
Reviews for New Ideology of Imperialism
'A powerful critique of Western notions of moral superiority and the closely linked perception that the Third World constitutes a major threat to the West ... eloquent and passionate'
The Ecologist 'A refreshing counterpoint to silly Western nostrums that various malefactors in the Third World constitute the new enemy'
Foreign Affairs
The Ecologist 'A refreshing counterpoint to silly Western nostrums that various malefactors in the Third World constitute the new enemy'
Foreign Affairs