Imperialism
As Rampant Today as in the Past
$89.19
- Paperback
380 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2025
Summary
2024 is not 1914. Nonetheless, imperialism was the dominant system then, as it is now. A century ago, several neo-mercantilist imperial powers vied to establish primacy over the others. Our era is one of planetary imperialism and globalized capitalism where one power, the U.S., already exercises hegemony over all. No other, including China and Russia, has the need or the capacity to replace it. We are not faced with relatively equal adversaries facing off, as in WW1, but with one hegemonic power trying desperately, by and all means, to cling to its world-wide domination. Herein lies the source of the major tensions and conflicts in the world today. Since the fall of the Soviet Bloc, the term “ imperialism” has largely disappeared from public discourse, but reality is forcing it back. Saul shows how crucial it is to understanding what is happening today.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781771863827 |
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| ISBN-10: | 177186382X |
| Author: | Samir Saul |
| Publisher: | Baraka Books |
| Imprint: | Baraka Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 380 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 494g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 155mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Baraka Nonfiction |
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Critics Review
“undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive works published in recent years … Saul provides a clear and compelling analysis of the nature, structure, and transformations of what is understood as imperialism … For those seeking to comprehend the present through a fundamentally historical approach, Saul’s work is essential reading.” –Giampaolo Conte, Marx and Philosophy Society
“Imperialism is not just a book for historians. It is an invitation to recover the concept of imperialism as a powerful analytical tool–one that confronts the sanctified myths of “freedom,” “development,” and “democracy” with the hard reality of who produces, who commands, and who pays the price.” –Jude Kadri, World Review of Political Economy
Samir Saul
Samir Saul is a full professor of international history at the Université de Montréal. He has taught and supervised many graduate students for over three decades, with a concentration on modern France and the Arab world. Holding a doctorate in history from the University of Paris, he has published dozens of scholarly articles and many on current world crises for a broad public. He has published two major studies on France in Africa and the Middle East. Samir Saul lives in Montreal.
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