Empires of the Mind
The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present
by Robert Gildea
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Pub Date Mar 05 2019 | Archive Date Mar 04 2019
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Description
"The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind" declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony.
Robert Gildea exposes instead the brutal realities of decolonization and neo-colonialism which have shaped the postwar world. Even after the rush of French and British decolonization in the 1960s, the strings of economic and military power too often remained in the hands of the former colonial powers.
The more empire appears to have declined and fallen, the more a fantasy of empire has been conjured up as a model for projecting power onto the world stage and legitimized colonialist intervention in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. This aggression, along with the imposition of colonial hierarchies in metropolitan society, has excluded, alienated and even radicalized immigrant populations.
Meanwhile, nostalgia for empire has bedevilled relations with Europe and played a large part in explaining Brexit.
Advance Praise
William Roger Louis - University of Texas
Accessibly written and genuinely comparative, Robert Gildea's new analysis of the lingering effects and bitter aftershocks of British and French colonialism is essential reading for anyone keen to understand where legacies of empire register in contemporary politics. A terrific read.
Martin Thomas - author of Fight or Flight: Britain, France and their Roads from Empire
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781316612330 |
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