The Lenin-Hobson Theory of Imperialism
A Didactic Drama in Five Acts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11062784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ivan Light (0000-0001-9832-3008, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 281 |
| Publication date | 1986-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teaching Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1318390 |
| OpenAlex | W1981345198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
My undergraduate lecture course in economy and society includes a section on the capitalist world system in the twentieth century. The Lenin-Hobson theory of imperialism provides the central issues under discussion in this section. The Lenin-Hobson theory represents Lenin's (1939) Marxist interpretation of Hobson's (1902) liberal critique of imperialism. Now a fundamental of communist theory everywhere, the Lenin-Hobson theory explains imperialism, world wars, and regional conflicts as long-term, international consequences of imbalanced divisions of income in the devel
Art · Drama · Epistemology · Literature · Pedagogy · Sociology · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · World Systems and Global Transformations
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 1990 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |