Empire, imperialism and conceptual history
Neumann, Iver B., Helge Jordheimi Journal of International Relations and Development Volum 14.(2)
Palgrave MacMillan (2011)s. 153-185.
Concepts are defined by their meanings and uses and become powerful in battle with other concepts. The concepts discussed in this article, ‘empire’ and ‘imperialism’, have lately made their return to the grand stage of world politics, most significantly as descriptions, and indeed, self-descriptions of the role and position of the United States. How is this return possible? What does it mean?
