Kadri Imperialism with Reference to Syria

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-981-13-3528-0
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 137 Seiten

Reihe: Political Science and International Studies (R0)

This extended essay investigates the meaning of imperialism in Syria, providing a valuable addition to the ongoing debate on the Syrian crisis through the lens of imperialism, modern warfare, and geopolitics. It offers a detailed analysis of how the Syrian war has been the product of imperialist ambitions. The author begins by situating the Syrian conflict in the regional historical continuum, positing that the modern imperialist war visited upon Syria is both a production domain intrinsic to capital, and an application of the law of value assuming a highly destructive form. Such processes, particularly the measure of war as a component of accumulation by waste and militarism, are peculiar to the imperialism of the United States, which the author argues is the sole imperialist power at play in Syria, and globally. With so many international forces vying with one another in this country, and some prominent Western scholars equally ascribing imperialism to the US, Russia and China, defining “who the imperialist is” can help to clear some of the fog in the war of positions, as a misplaced or ideologically motivated assessment can provide the wrong party with a justification for prolonging the war. This book will be of interest to academics in the social sciences and Middle Eastern studies, but will also appeal to all readers with an interest in patterns of global development, postcolonialism and neoliberal imperialism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kadri, Ali

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;7
1.1;Resist to exist;7
1.2;Postscript: An ontology of imperialism as intensified waste;15
1.3;References;7
2;Acknowledgments;21
3;Contents;22
4;About the Author;24
5;Abstract;25
6;1 Introduction: Imperialism in Reference to Syria;26
6.1;1.1 Why Should a Discussion of Imperialism Reference Developments in Syria?;27
6.2;1.2 History and Syria;28
6.3;1.3 War and Historical Surplus Value;30
6.4;1.4 Background;32
6.5;1.5 What Is at Stake?;33
6.6;1.6 A Didactic on Capital with Reference to Syria;41
6.7;1.7 The Syrian Political Landscape;47
6.8;1.8 A War of Positions;54
6.9;References;57
7;2 Sociological Imperialism;59
7.1;2.1 Against Empiricism;59
7.2;2.2 Concretising Some Forms;62
7.3;2.3 Excessive Entropy;64
7.4;2.4 A Periodised Imperialism;65
7.5;2.5 Lenin’s Imperialism;70
7.6;2.6 Imperialism and Nature;73
7.7;References;81
8;3 Value and Space;82
8.1;3.1 Forms of Exploitation;82
8.2;3.2 The Elusive Measures of Value;92
8.3;3.3 A Portrait of Control;98
8.4;References;101
9;4 One Imperialism;103
9.1;4.1 Re-theorising Imperialism;103
9.2;4.2 The Struggle for Time;108
9.3;4.3 Imperialism as Depopulation;113
9.4;4.4 Empiricism as Ideology;114
9.5;4.5 The Actual Picture;118
9.6;4.6 Only One Imperialism;125
9.7;4.7 Summary and Concluding Remarks;129
9.8;References;131
10;Bibliography;133
11;Additional Bibliography;134
12;Index;135

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Ali Kadri teaches at the National University of Singapore and is visiting fellow at the LSE Centre for Human Rights – Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy. Prior to his present position, he was a visiting fellow at the Department of International Development, London School of Economics and the principal author of several United Nations reports addressing the right to development in Western Asia.