Imperialism: Heart over Minds?
Imperialism: Heart over Minds?

Summary/Abstract: In considering “imperialism”, we must start by adopting the widest possible historical perspective and excluding claims based on ideology rather than on the observation of cultural and social phenomena. Imperialism must always be framed within the wider context of exploitation that we may define as the coercive transfer of some good. Coercion affects interpersonal or inter-communal relations that involve material and other goods by altering their outcome in ways contrary to the will of the exploited person or group. Imperialism is the name that is given to exploitation which occurs when polities are the parties interacting. Hence, imperialism differs from […]

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