The New Age of Imperialism

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ID9202603
AuthorsJohn Bellamy Foster (0000-0001-7418-3004, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume55
Issue3
Pages1
Publication date2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMonthly Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520
PublisherMonthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14452/mr-055-03-2003-07_1
OpenAlexW2019975522
LanguageEN
Citations received18

Imperialism is meant to serve the needs of a ruling class much more than a nation. It has nothing to do with democracy. Perhaps for that reason it has often been characterized as a parasitic phenomenon-even by critics as astute as John Hobson in his 1902 classic, Imperialism: A Study. And (rom there it is unfortunately all too easy to slide into the crude notion that imperialist expansion is simply a product of powerful groups of individuals who have hijacked a nation's foreign policy to serve their own narrow ends.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

Class (philosophy) · Cultural imperialism · Democracy · Epistemology · Nothing · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Product (mathematics) · Sociology · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy

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