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Quinn Riley - An Analysis Of John A. Hobson's Imperialism A Study - Paperback
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Description: English economist John Hobson's 1902 Imperialism: A Study was an epoch - making study of the politics and economics of imperialism that shook imperialist beliefs to their core. A committed liberal Hobson was deeply sceptical about the aims and claims of imperialistic thought at a time when Britain's empire held sway over a vast portion of the globe. In order to critique what he saw as a falsely reasoned and immoral political view Hobson's book took a cuttingly analytical approach to the idea of imperialism setting out to dissect and understand the arguments for empire before subjecting them to withering evaluation a process that led him to the key insight that the then widely - accepted claim that imperialism was essentially a question of nationalism was in fact quite weak. Instead Hobson's close analysis of the implicit and hidden reasons for imperialist projects demonstrated that at root they were all products of capitalism. It became increasingly clear to him that imperialism was less a political ideology and more the product of the urgent need to open up new markets and remedy economic stagnation at home. Deeply provocative at the time Hobson's book shows just how powerful the critical thinking skills of analysis and evaluation can be when applied to deconstruction of even the most widely accepted of ideas.
Title: An Analysis Of John A. Hobson's Imperialism A Study
Author(s): Quinn Riley
Publisher: Macat International Limited
Barcode: 9781912128655
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 7/4/2017
Series: The Macat Library
Category: Political Science & Theory
Description: English economist John Hobson's 1902 Imperialism: A Study was an epoch - making study of the politics and economics of imperialism that shook imperialist beliefs to their core. A committed liberal Hobson was deeply sceptical about the aims and claims of imperialistic thought at a time when Britain's empire held sway over a vast portion of the globe. In order to critique what he saw as a falsely reasoned and immoral political view Hobson's book took a cuttingly analytical approach to the idea of imperialism setting out to dissect and understand the arguments for empire before subjecting them to withering evaluation a process that led him to the key insight that the then widely - accepted claim that imperialism was essentially a question of nationalism was in fact quite weak. Instead Hobson's close analysis of the implicit and hidden reasons for imperialist projects demonstrated that at root they were all products of capitalism. It became increasingly clear to him that imperialism was less a political ideology and more the product of the urgent need to open up new markets and remedy economic stagnation at home. Deeply provocative at the time Hobson's book shows just how powerful the critical thinking skills of analysis and evaluation can be when applied to deconstruction of even the most widely accepted of ideas.
Title: An Analysis Of John A. Hobson's Imperialism A Study
Author(s): Quinn Riley
Publisher: Macat International Limited
Barcode: 9781912128655
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 7/4/2017
Series: The Macat Library
Category: Political Science & Theory
