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Empire, Geopolitics and Development
Author(s) -
Chhachhi Amrita,
Herrera Linda
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00448.x
Subject(s) - empire , geopolitics , chorus , democracy , order (exchange) , political science , world order , history , law , literature , art , economics , politics , finance
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires (Edward Said, 2003)