The widespread embrace of imperial terminology across the political spectrum during the past three years has not led to an increased level of conceptual or theoretical clarity around the word ‘‘empire.’’ There is also disagreement about whether the United States is itself an empire, and if so, what sort of empire it is; the determinants of its geopolitical stance; and the effects of ‘‘empire as...

Since the phenomenon of Imperialism is so important for Africa’s political and economic thought, it to begin by understanding it. What Imperialism? cannot be defined in any generally acceptable way. It means different things people. Let us note some these differences as they appear. Because fruits imperialism- subordinate areas variously called possessions, colonies, protectorates, semi-protect...

Through four thematic sections, this article explains why, from its inception in 1981, the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) espoused ‘unconditional support’ for ‘Irish freedom’, and why position changed 1990s. Illuminating a particularly functional mode of radical solidarity, it argues that British leftists engaged with Northern Ireland conflict to articulate their revolutionary praxis. Advo...

The media imperialism thesis is the most widespread systemic account of cultural globalization. In this paper, I argue that the media imperialism approach, as a global version of mass culture theory, shares with it many of its analytical and empirical limitations. While ethnographic approaches in global media studies provide a useful perspective from which to correct some of the empirical flaws...

Moral imperialism is expressed in attempts to impose moral standards from one particular culture, geopolitical region or culture onto other cultures, regions or countries. Examples of Direct Moral Imperialism can be seen in various recurrent events involving multi-centric clinical trials promoted by developed (central) countries in poor and developing (peripheral) countries, particularly projec...