Imperialism: The Highest Form Of European Capitalism

Abstract: 6 pages in length. At the time of World War I, totalitarianism was taking a stronghold upon Europe, while the Great Depression proved to threaten the nature and destiny of the Western civilization. The Enlightenment had begun to show signs of wear, directly affecting the manner by which freedom and reason were slowly but surely being cast aside. It can readily be argued that with the weakening influence of World War I, reason and freedom stood little chance of escaping the impact of totalitarianism. Through the means of such barbarism, those who were intellectually undisciplined and culturally unrefined would soon serve as the new ambassadors to Europe's existence. Asserting that such masses would prove fatal to European cultural, economic and political progress, critics were mightily concerned with the imperialistic implications of such a trend. Indeed, mass culture was the key to the complete and utter destruction of European civilization, inasmuch as the concept of Imperialism was readily overtaking the entire continent as the highest form of European capitalism. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Subcatagory: European History

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