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talkpoliticsUgh! When did April roll off? Duh. Ookaay, now it's time for the new monthly topic. And the one you guys chose for this month was:
Exceptionalism and Neo-Colonialism
Some details on the subject:
- The chosen people, manifest destiny, and rationales for expansion.
- Eurocentrism, Americentrism and other forms of exceptionalism.
- Third Rome: assuming the legacy of the great empires.
- The new empires of modern times.
- Power projection: soft power and hard power.
- The Grand Chessboard: the naval vs the continental powers.
- Types of modern warfare; hybrid warfare.
- Origins and examples of neocolonialism.
- Dependency theory.
- Spreading democracy and nation-building.
- Globalisation, cultural imperialism and cultural hegemony.
- Multinational corporations.
- The International Monetary Fund.
- Clash of major neo-empires.
- The new scramble for Africa.
- Criticism of neocolonialism in fiction, publicism and the media.
And here's the poll for June!
[Poll #2009977]
Feel free to suggest more.
Exceptionalism and Neo-Colonialism
Some details on the subject:
- The chosen people, manifest destiny, and rationales for expansion.
- Eurocentrism, Americentrism and other forms of exceptionalism.
- Third Rome: assuming the legacy of the great empires.
- The new empires of modern times.
- Power projection: soft power and hard power.
- The Grand Chessboard: the naval vs the continental powers.
- Types of modern warfare; hybrid warfare.
- Origins and examples of neocolonialism.
- Dependency theory.
- Spreading democracy and nation-building.
- Globalisation, cultural imperialism and cultural hegemony.
- Multinational corporations.
- The International Monetary Fund.
- Clash of major neo-empires.
- The new scramble for Africa.
- Criticism of neocolonialism in fiction, publicism and the media.
And here's the poll for June!
[Poll #2009977]
Feel free to suggest more.
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Date: 3/5/15 18:39 (UTC)It looks like...
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Date: 6/5/15 20:38 (UTC)