Good Intentions
- ISBN-10
- 098680214X
- ISBN-13
- 9780986802140
- Series
- Good Intentions
- Category
- Humanitarian intervention
- Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08
- Publisher
- Lulu.com
- Author
- Maximilian Forte
Description
How do "good intentions" pave the road for empire? Whether it is iatrogenic violence, voluntourism, the misappropriation of gay rights, or NGOs serving as the Trojan Horses of US dominance and neoliberal social reengineering, contributors to this volume expose and analyze the many ways in which the new imperialism involves partitioning the world into tutors and wards, saviours and victims. Underlying the seduction of imperial elite-lore are established modes of socialization and enculturation, ranging from the elaborate and persistent demonization of chief opponents of US empire to the lionization of military actors commonly rendered as heroes. Also scrutinized in this volume are the domestic social and political costs, reaching as far as the displacement of urban populations to make way for the expansion of the informatic industries of empire, paving the way for the unprecedented dominance of corporations in our daily lives.
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