Open AccessThe differences between historians of empire and other scholars in explaining the causes of imperial expansion
Author(s) -
Hogir Hassan Pirdawood
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nova journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2292-7913
DOI - 10.20286/nova-jhss-050101
Subject(s) - empire , phenomenon , interpretation (philosophy) , politics , colonialism , nationalism , british empire , history , political economy , political science , sociology , ancient history , law , epistemology , philosophy , archaeology , linguistics
This study discussed and compared the explanations of historians of empires and other scholars for imperial expansion. It provided different interpretation about the factors which caused imperialism. I basically relied on qualitative methods to gain an understanding of complicated phenomenon. It should be said that most of historians had the same opinion and they said this phenomenon lasted from 1870 to 1914 and it was different with colonialism. I found that there was not the same opinion between historians of empire and scholars of non-empire, both sides were completely different in explaining the causes of the phenomenon. Historian of empire focused on economic, social and political factors of imperial countries in interpretation of this phenomenon, but scholars of non-empire focused on cultures, disunity, economic stagnation and underdevelopment of third world countries in explanation of imperial expansion. Keywords: Imperialism, Nationalism, Imperial Expansion, Historian, Scholars, Causes.