No Middle Ground - Anti Imperialists and Ethical Witnessing During the Philippine

This book argues the Anti-Imperialist movement, led by the Anti-Imperialist League, followed an evolving path of ethical witnessing where leaders empathically considered the perspective of imperialist violence in the Philippines as expressed by marginalized ant-imperialists.

List of contents

Introduction: Awakening to Empire

Part I: A World of Empires and the White Man's Burden

Chapter One: Anti-Imperialisms and Ethical Witnessing

Chapter Two: Sacred Democracy and the Presidential Election of 1900

Part II: From Tracking Public Opinion to Tracking the Law

Chapter Three: The Senate Investigation on Affairs in the Philippines

Chapter Four: Monitoring Benevolent Assimilation Policies

Conclusion: Ethical Witnessing and the Dream of Inalienable Rights

About the author

Erin L. Murphy is an independent scholar with a doctorate in sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Summary

This book argues the Anti-Imperialist movement, led by the Anti-Imperialist League, followed an evolving path of ethical witnessing where leaders empathically considered the perspective of imperialist violence in the Philippines as expressed by marginalized ant-imperialists.

Product details

• Authors: Erin L. Murphy
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498582667
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8266-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Philippines, Asian History, Violence in society, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Violence and abuse in society, Social discrimination and social justice