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American Empire and the Politics of Meaning. JULIAN GO: Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2008.

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: One of the more powerfuljustifications for American imperialism has been the idea of the "civilizingmission" in which liberal democratic values are transferred to pre-modernsocieties. But even if good intentions are granted, the record of culturetransfer has been so poor as to give support to conservative arguments that aforced democratization of culture, as currently being attempted in Iraq, is hopelessfrom the start.

Source: EIAL - Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe

DOI: 10.61490/eial.v21i1.101

Author: Frank Ninkovich

Institutions: St. John's University, St. John's University

Language: English

Topic: Cultural Studies and Colonialism

Subfield: Religious studies

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4392830206

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