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As a political term, social imperialism is the political ideology of people, parties, or nations that are, according to
Political use
The term "social imperialism" is a
In the later decades the most significant use of the phrase has been in the
Academic use
The term has also been used by left-wing academics, especially in regard to modern German history. The academic use of the phrase is usually to describe governments that engage in imperialism meant to preserve the domestic social peace. The
The British Marxist historian Geoff Eley contends that there are three flaws to Wehler's theory of social imperialism. The first is that Wehler credits leaders such as Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and Prince Bernhard von Bülow with a greater degree of vision than what they in fact possessed.[8] The second is that many of the pressure groups on the right who advocated an imperialist policy for Germany were not the creations of the government, and in fact often demanded far more aggressive policies than what the government was willing to undertake.[9] The third was that many of these imperialist lobbying groups demanded a policy of political and social reform at home, in addition to imperialism abroad.[9] Eley argued that what is required in thinking about social imperialism is a broader picture with an interaction from above and below, and a wider view of the relationship between imperialism abroad and domestic politics.[9]
One of the more notable uses of the social imperialism concept was by the British Marxist historian
See also
- Civilizing mission – Purported rationale or justification for Western colonialism
- Enlightened absolutism – Political philosophy
- Redwashing – Adopting inauthentic left-wing rhetoric for gain
- Social fascism – Communist term for social democracy in early 1930s
- Soviet empire – Term for Soviet foreign policy before 1989
References
Citations
- ^ "Lenin, VI., (1917), Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, Part IX. Critique of Imperialism".
- ^ "Luxemburg, R., (1915), "Rebuilding the International"". Retrieved January 23, 2009.
- ^ "Lenin, VI., (1915), "Draft resolution of the leftwing delegates at the International Socialist Conference at Zimmerwald"". Retrieved January 23, 2009.
- ^ "Mao, (1964), "On Khrushchev's Phoney Communism and Its Historical Lessons for the World"". Retrieved January 23, 2009.
- ^ "Hoxha, E., (1979), "Imperialism and the Revolution: The Theory of 'Three Worlds': A Counterrevolutionary Chauvinist Theory"". Retrieved January 23, 2009.
- ^ Eley, Geoff "Social Imperialism" pages 925-926 from Modern Germany Volume 2, New York, Garland Publishing, 1998 page 925.
- ^ a b c d e Eley, Geoff "Social Imperialism" pages 925-926 from Modern Germany Volume 2, New York, Garland Publishing, 1998 page 925.
- ^ Eley, Geoff "Social Imperialism" pages 925-926 from Modern Germany Volume 2, New York, Garland Publishing, 1998 pages 925-926.
- ^ a b c Eley, Geoff "Social Imperialism" pages 925-926 from Modern Germany Volume 2, New York, Garland Publishing, 1998 page 926.
- ^ Kaillis, Aristotle Fascist Ideology, London: Routledge, 2000 page 7
- ^ Kaillis, Aristotle Fascist Ideology, London: Routledge, 2000 page 165
- ^ Kaillis, Aristotle Fascist Ideology, London: Routledge, 2000 page 165
- ^ a b Kaillis, Aristotle Fascist Ideology, London: Routledge, 2000 pages 165-166
- ^ Kaillis, Aristotle Fascist Ideology, London: Routledge, 2000 page 166
- ^ Kaillis, Aristotle Fascist Ideology, London: Routledge, 2000 page 151
Sources
- Avalone, Paul W. The Rise of Social Imperialism in the German Socialist Party, 1890-1914 University of Wisconsin 1975
- Eley, Geoff "Defining Social Imperialism: Use and Abuse of An Idea" pages 269-290 from Social History, Volume 1, 1976.
- Eley, Geoff "Social Imperialism in Germany: Reformist Synthesis or Reactionary Sleight of Hand?" from From Unification to Nazism, London: Allen & Unwin, 1986.
- Eley, Geoff "Social Imperialism" pages 925-926 from Modern Germany Volume 2, New York, Garland Publishing, 1998.
- ISBN 0-340-67640-X.
- Solty, Ingar "Social Imperialism as Trasformismo: A Political Economy Case Study on the Progressive Era, the Federal Reserve Act, and the U.S.'s Entry into World War One, 1890-1917", pages 91–121 from Bellicose Entanglements 1914: The Great War as a Global War edited by Maximilian Lakitsch et al., Zurich, LIT, 2015.
- Wehler, Hans-Ulrich Bismarck und der Imperialismus, Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1969.
- Wehler, Hans-Ulrich "Bismarck's Imperialism" pages 119-115 from Past and Present, Volume 48, 1970.
- Wehler, Hans-Ulrich "Industrial Growth and Early German Imperialism" from Studies in the Theory of Imperialism edited by Roger Owen and Bob Sutcliffe, London: Longman, 1972.