The Disjunctive Empire of International Relations

Contemporary forms of imperialism revolve around a disjunctive logic, allowing cultural, civilizing, and solipsistic feelings of classical European imperialism to interoperate with newer and 'morally-rectified' strains of American superpower dominance.This book explores how such an interoperability is possible, beginning with a theoretical overview of how imperialism should be conceptualized, examining how it operates, and how it produces a type of economy that allows it to evolve in...
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Contemporary forms of imperialism revolve around a disjunctive logic, allowing cultural, civilizing, and solipsistic feelings of classical European imperialism to interoperate with newer and 'morally-rectified' strains of American superpower dominance.This book explores how such an interoperability is possible, beginning with a theoretical overview of how imperialism should be conceptualized, examining how it operates, and how it produces a type of economy that allows it to evolve in accordance with historical transformations, without losing sight of its ongoing emphasis of Western hegemony