The Roman Empire: roots of imperialism

Abstract

This series highlights the relevance of past empires for our contemporary world.It is concerned primarily with the political nature of connections between the past and the present.The approach is radical in that it directs the reader to a recognition of how past empires are theoretically and practically entangled in contemporary imperialist and economically exploitative endeavors.The series sets itself apart from other books on past empires by including the point of view of dependent populations and victims of imperialism, rather than focusing solely on their beneficiaries, the well-known kings and imperators and their material surroundings of monuments and gold.Accordingly, the books devote attention to actions taken by dependent populations in response to imperial politics by giving a historical voice to resistance, subversion, and evasion.The books also investigate the ways in which past empires survive -or, in some instances, are silenced -in present conditions.Residues of the past serve political ideologies in often hidden ways, making them all the more powerful because they are taken for granted.The books reveal imperialist, nationalist, neocolonialist or economic goals of powerholders today who mobilize past imperial figures and structures as well as their material remains to support their own agendas.

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Unknown author (2011). The Roman Empire: roots of imperialism. Choice Reviews Online. https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.48-5253

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  title  = {The Roman Empire: roots of imperialism},
  author = {Unknown},
  year   = {2011},
  journal = {Choice Reviews Online},
  doi    = {10.5860/choice.48-5253}
}

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