Imperialism and the Corruption of Democracies

Informationen zum Autor Herman Lebovics Klappentext Claims that liberalism tends to produce empires and empire kills or corrupts democracy in metropolitan "home" countries, using examples from British, French, and American imperial histories. Zusammenfassung Develops an historical argument with contemporary relevance: Empire abroad inevitably undermines democracy at home. Focusing on France and to a lesser extent on the United Kingdom! this title shows how empire and the post-colony have pervaded - and corroded - Western cultural! intellectual! and social life from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Acknowledgments xix 1. Not the Right Stuff: Shrinking Colonial Administrators 1 2. Pierre Bourdieu’s Own Cultural Revolution 22 3. Jean Renoir’s Voyage of Discovery: From the Shores of the Mediterranean to the Banks of the Ganges 34 4. France’s Black Venus 60 5. John Locke, Imperialism, and the First Stage of Capitalism 87 6. Why, Suddenly, are the Americans Doing Cultural History 100 Afterword 113 Notes 121 Selected Works of American Cultural History Writing 155 Index 159

Product details

• Authors: Herman Lebovics, LEBOVICS, Herman Lebovics
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2006
• EAN: 9780822336617
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3661-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Radical Perspectives S; Radical Perspectives S
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Frankreich, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Soziale und ethische Themen