Global Imperialism

Different Types of Global Empires

Global Imperialism has been used in many ways, but virtually all refer to the coercive incorporation of territories, along with their economies, social formations, and political systems, into wider structures of power dominated by “foreigners.” We concentrate here on Marxian interpretations, which we classify into four types: original, classical, neo, and post (Hardt, pp: 33).

The Original Version

Marx wrote about modern imperialism in two contexts: the origins of European capitalism and its extension to the rest of the world. His analysis of the “primitive accumulation of capital” includes the role that colonialism played in the creation ...