01:790:319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Victorian Era, Free Trade, Indirect Rule
18 Dec 2018
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Ferguson: british historian, darling of neoconservative movement in 2000s, out cons the right wing conservatives, similar to kagan. Creates and upholds the conditions without which markets cannot function; peace and order, the rule of law, non corrupt administration. In practice it has been surprisingly inept empire builder: eg. Afghanistan and iraq- 9/11 reflects continuity rather than chance. Iraq changed obama more than obama changed iran. Direct and indirect - does not strictly mean direct rule over foreign territory, it can involve indirect rule: 2. Is us equally well be britain"s successors as an anglophone empire: economic power, multilateral and mutually balanced, dollars role. Impossible to dispense this aspect of their hegemony. Problem: americans simply don"t see themselves as another imperial and colonial power: national self image: american revolution, power has weak foundations lack of political will. Where ferguson differs from johnson: us is like the terminator.
