...Germany has abandoned on all the radical anti-war declarations it has issued, and ultimately supported the German government's war. The reformism that Luxemburg has criticised has so strongly attacked the party's core. Rosa Luxemburg's first fight within the social Democratic Party was aimed at this reform trend. Luxemburg thought that only the capitalist countries were overthrown, and workers mastered the Socialist, then they can get the real power. In the article, Luxemburg criticized the socialist party, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), for ignoring workers' interests in favor of the imperialist parties. The first world war disillusioned Luxemburg's hopes for the workers' revolution. In response to the first world war and German social democratic political collapse, the article revealed the Social Democratic Party's position, and it was betrayed the core of marxist and defended the working class. Luxemburg suggests that the...
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...“We will fight the White men.We will fight until the last of us falls on the battlefields.”, This is a quote from Yaa Asantewaa the Ashanti queen mother, as her and her tribe resisted European conquest. European actions had several reasons to imperialize Africans.Two reasons were the resources and cheap labor africa offered.The hunger for power drove the European powers into a frenzy to control the continent based on the belief that they were superior, thereby destroying both the African land and its people, which was thought as White Man’s Burden.White Man’s burden was the a self-right of the white peoples to manage the affairs of the less developed non-white people. Most Africans choose to consolidation or surrender to the european power.Yet, a peaceful relationship with european powers was not as option for most african nations. European powers had a true lust for resources in africa. Their first attempts at african resources were formal business. In 1886, the british Royal Niger Company presented a contract to african chiefs near the Niger river delta and surrounding...
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...DeVry University June 22nd, 2014 World War I 1914-1918 will be dates forever ingrained into the history of the world. These dates bring about and highlight the human thirst for expansion, oppression, and war. These four years of time depict a flaw in human nature that goes against all common sense in the belief in peace. This is proven in the fact that humans have given identity to the event that took place as “The Great War”, a global conflict that saw the death of millions of combatants and still one of the deadliest conflicts in history. Nationalism, Imperialism, and Militarism are the forces that drove nations to this conflict, coupled with depression, oppression, and expansionism. The great economic powers of the world were assembled into two opposing alliances, one dubbed the Allies and one called the Central Powers none of which included the United States initially. World War I saw a resurgence of imperialism and this was the underlying cause and what eventually saw the United States, Japan side with its economic partners and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria join the Central Powers. The immediate spark that lit the flames of World War I was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by the Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo (Mitrovic, 2007). Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his death set off a diplomatic crisis as an ultimatum was delivered to the Kingdom of Serbia which eventually saw the invocation of international...
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...Describing the events that occurred from 1914 to 1989 could be considered as unique, due to the prolonged conflicts of World War One up until the collapse of the Soviet Union. It can be related to “a short twentieth century “ since several major events transpired in a short amount of time. Several incidents can be considered distinctive in this time period; for instance the end of imperialism, failure of communism, and fascism. Including both the violent world wars that took place in Europe over clashing powers, and ideologies in such a short period of time that shook the world. Many of the European countries were having issues with uprisings in colony’s during World War One and Two. An example of the end of imperialism would be India gaining...
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...World War One carries the harsh reputation of being one of the bloodiest wars to ever be fought. The four years of non-stop battling took heavy tolls on countries all across Europe. There was no limit to what they were willing to accomplish in order to cement themselves in a certain area. The desire, greed, and rivalry amongst nations to gain territory to ultimately achieve economical and political stability were heightened during this period of time. Not to mention the fact that countries were eager to demonstrate their new technologically advanced weapons and sophisticated battle plans as means of expressing their dominance. Amongst the countries involved, the most powerful were Germany, Russia, France, Britain, Italy, and Austria-Hungary....
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...A. The Rise of Imperialism in India. In the 1600's, the trade business was booming, India's rich resources in materials and man power enticed several European country's interest. The subcontinent, at the time, had many colonies with leaders that were not unified. They also had many years of internal conflict that weakened their government making it an attractive target to be taken over. It was England, in the end, that overthrew India's government and claimed her for England. They did this by first dominating the trade business. Then raised an army called the British East India Company, led by Robert Clive. The Mughal Empire was weak and vulnerable after years of internal conflict between Muslims and Hindus. The English took advantage of the situation using the Mughal empire to establish their administration and the Sepoy Indians to help enforce their rule. A1. The Reaction of the Indigenous people. The natives were reluctant bystanders to the change in leadership. The Indian people also resented the constant racism that the British expressed towards them (Roda, 2013). As the British continued to expand their ideas and power over the Indians, they were insensitive to the native traditions and customs. As an example of this, the Sepoy Indian army, which consists mostly of Muslims and Hindus, were supplied with bullet cartridges greased with pork and beef fat. Both animals are regarded as sacred or forbidden in Hindu and Islamic culture. This caused a revolt on May...
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...Proponents of imperialism and colonialism sparked from the idea that it would improve the economic, political, and social portions of an environment. The design of European imperialism elicited political and diplomatic responses, and soon after it provoked military resistance. Both methods of so-called improvement kept nations from doing what could possibly help them thrive; cooperating to achieve shared goals. Without cooperation, places cannot improve and prosper on aspects that need refinement. Colonialism does not help the native populations because it overall divides previous peaceful co-existing portions of a society. Purposefully, colonization aimed to control land, labor, natural resources, and markets. Settlers need to occupy a country,...
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...(WWI) or ‘The Great War’ began on 1914 and ended on 1918. The war turned into “prolonged global struggle” (Keene, Cornell & O'Donnel, 2012, p.594). It killed and wounded millions of men and cost billions of dollars. The war was between the Allies Powers and the Central Powers. It took Americans over two years to join the war. In the end of the war and under the peace settlement, Germany was required to pay reparations of war damages and give up many of its territories (Keene, Cornell & O'Donnel, 2012). Nationalism, imperialism, and militarism in Europe led to World War I. The increase in aggressive nationalism of one’s country led to the hatred of another country, which supported Europeans leaders’ aggressions towards each other. Germany wanted to become a world power like Britain and France. The rise of nationalism in German-speaking states called for unification of Germany as one nation-state. The force of nationalism led to the force of imperialism. Both France and Britain had large empires due to their imperialistic influence and their grip over trade on foreign markets. Germany was trying to become larger and stronger empire by colonizing overseas. Europeans powers were fighting for raw materials for trade, industry, and foreign markets. They began the race to acquire colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, which created more rivalry and hatred between European countries. The competition for industrial power and the need to secure colonies led European countries...
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...Gutenberg – Johannes Gutenberg was “a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher”. Gutenberg started the Printing Revolution by introducing printing to Europe after he invented the printing press. Many people in Europe were unable to read, but after the invention of the printing press, many books became available and literacy levels rose. This invention also lead to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. The Enlightenment was a time when people could think for themselves and new ideas were expressed. Without the printing press to publish new ideas from philosophers such as John Locke, people would not know about new ideas of society or government. Since new ideas about the government were being published, this lead to the French Revolution. Without the information of the government, common people would have been unable to overthrow the French government. Immanuel Kant – Immanuel Kant was a German...
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...thinking began to take place in the Nineteenth Century (Hirschfield, 1998, p.35). The Nineteenth Century saw the search for the historical and biological origins of race (Hannaford, 1996, p.235). It went beyond the simply classification of race and towards a more significant delineation of race into one that embodies characteristics, personalities and even mental abilities. Several key developments were relevant to this progression. These will be examined as follows: first the importance of the development of biological categories and the influence of power will be examined. Secondly, the development of scientific dialogue of Darwinism and Eugenics will be discussed. Thirdly, an examination will be made of the influence of nationalism and imperialism. Finally, the notion to which the discourse became self-serving will be considered in that as the connection...
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...We indeed live in an increasingly global world in which our everyday lives are shaped by decisions and events, some of which we have little or no control over. Culture, economics and politics appear to come together across the globe through different ways of information, ideas and knowledge, and the investment strategies of global corporations. Globalization can be defined as a process of international integration arising from interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture. Suarez-Orozco and Qin-Hillard (2004) claim that globalization defines our era, it is what happens when the movement of people, goods or ideas among countries and region accelerates and globalization tends to dispatch social practices and cultural formations from localised territories. There are so many other definitions of globalization and there a four key concepts according to David Held which interprets globalization, these concepts are; Stretched social relations, intensification of flows, increasing interpenetration and global infrastructure. i. Stretched social relations is the existence of cultural, economic and political networks of connection across the world, these are all stretched across nations of the world and this leads to regionalization which can be defined as the interconnectedness between ‘geographically contiguous states’ that border each other, for example Europe, (Held,2004,p.15). ii. Intensification of flows is a concept associated with stretched social...
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...Michael Sylvia World Civ DBQ Mrs. Garno 1/30/13 Europe was a colonizing machine throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. After Europe’s leap to industrialization and growth in population, the abundance of food was drastically decreasing. This inspired Europe to begin an imperialistic sparked Europe’s approach. Nonetheless, Europe’s growing empire was striking fear on to surrounded non western countries. Europe’s motivation for colonizing all over the world was sparked by three main topics: military factors, political factors and economic factors. Military was an enormous factor in imperialism. Leaders and countries often felt that the only way to remain safe and secure was to create naval bases around the globe. Naval bases were a “win-win” situation because the bases could also be used as merchant bases and trading ports. This meant Europe was able to increase both money and prestige due to the fact that their products were now available literally worldwide. Naval/merchant bases weren’t the only incentive to conquer; prestige and fear were sought after also. Both prestige and fear gave Europe a “leg-up” on its opponents due to basic human nature. Europe’s efforts to create fear by building naval bases and expanding their empire made Europe’s opponents feel weak and full of anxiety. This is very evident in Document 4, “Now, the French come, with their powerful weapons of war, to cause dissension among us. We are weak against them; our commanders and soldiers have been vanquished…”...
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...concepts of colonialism, slavery, and enlightenment in Europe and America which ultimately was the conquest of many people’s identities most especially to the colonized and oppressed who were deemed inferior to the White man. Hegel’s dialectic states that freedom was a condition achieved first by the ownership of oneself (Lowe, 200) During the age of US imperialism, African Americans were held under slavery precisely under this notion that the Whites were more “fit” than non-Whites. Because of this, African Americans were driven to lose their identity not just of being the inferior race but they were dehumanized as well. Black female slaves were not viewed as “mothers” by slave-owners but merely as “breeders” like animals. (Davis, 7) The slave system also discouraged male supremacy in Black men. Because of this, Blacks did not have a chain of command, they had no “family provider” (Davis, 8) They were denied any system of property, marriage, and family which were was what individuals needed to have true freedom of identity (Lowe, 201). The belief of the superiority of the White man led to the mentality that any other non-White was inferior and therefore a threat to the “purity” of their race, this was considered as eugenics. The most...
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...Define Colonialism (Western) Colonialism: A political-economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The purposes of colonialism included economic exploitation of the colony's natural resources, creation of new markets for the colonizer, and extension of the colonizer's way of life beyond its national borders. In the years 1500 – 1900 Europe colonized all of North and South America and Australia, most of Africa, and much of Asia by sending settlers to populate the land or by taking control of governments. The first colonies were established in the Western Hemisphere by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th – 16th centuries. The Dutch colonized Indonesia in the 16th century, and Britain colonized North America and India in the 17th – 18th centuries. Later, British settlers colonized Australia and New Zealand. Colonization of Africa only began in earnest in the 1880s, but by 1900 virtually the entire continent was controlled by Europe. The colonial era ended gradually after World War II; the only territories still governed as colonies today are small islands. http://www.answers.com/topic/colonialism#ixzz1lYMQdYfY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony, and the social structure...
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...World War 1 also known as the Great War fought in (1914-1918) introduced the world to the results of a conflict fought with such modern weapons such as Machine guns, submarines, warplanes, and chemical warfare. This war was so chaotic it destroyed Europe’s economic and moral preeminence. (The Great war destroyed Empires it didn’t matter how big your empire was after World War I you no longer had one.) The Great War was known for demolishing Empires. The Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, and Russian empires all collapsed because of the Great War. Before World War 1 there were other movements such as the industrial revolution which is the invention of machines that produced goods rapidly and efficiently, and the replacements of human or animal power by non-animal sources of energy, Nationalism which is the ideology that 1 sees humanity as divided into nations and believes these national identities are the most important factors in creating our individual nature, Imperialism which is when a country belief that a more powerful society has the right if not the duty to impose its authority, attitudes and values on cultures and people it sees as inferior; all of these movement played a major role in World War 1. World War 1 was one of the first modern war, Most of the tactics were from the 19th century but the weapons were from the 20th century. The industrialization of weapons enabled more effective killing machines to be produced. During World war 1 the machinery of the war was...
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