The new age of empire : how racism and colonialism still rule the world

A damning exploration of the many ways in which the effects and logic of anti-black colonialism continue to inform our modern world. Colonialism and imperialism are often thought to be distant memories, whether they're glorified in Britain's collective nostalgia or taught as a sin of the past in history classes. This idea is bolstered by the emergence of India, China, Argentina and other non-western nations as leading world powers. Multiculturalism, immigration and globalization have led traditionalists to fear that the west is in decline and that white people are rapidly being left behind; progressives and reactionaries alike espouse the belief that we live in a post-racial society. But imperialism, as Kehinde Andrews argues, is alive and well. It's just taken a new form: one in which the U.S. and not Europe is at the center of Western dominion, and imperial power looks more like racial capitalism than the expansion of colonial holdings. The International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization and even the United Nations are only some of these modern mechanisms of Western imperialism. Yet these imperialist logics and tactics are not limited to just the west or to white people, as in the neocolonial relationship between China and Africa. Diving deep into the concepts of racial capitalism and racial patriarchy, Andrews adds nuance and context to these often over-simplified narratives, challenging the right and the left in equal measure. Andrews takes the reader from genocide to slavery to colonialism, deftly explaining the histories of these phenomena, how their justifications are linked, and how they continue to shape our world to this day. The New Age of Empire is a damning indictment of white-centered ideologies from Marxism to neoliberalism, and a reminder that our histories are never really over. If You Want To Get Beyond Gestures And Slogans And To The Truth, This Is The Book To Get You There Russell Brand Kehinde Andrews Is A Crucial Voice Walking In A Proud Tradition Of Black Radical Criticism And Action Akala An Uncompromising Account Of The Roots Of Racism Today Kimberlé Crenshaw This Clear-eyed Analysis Insists Upon The Revolutionary Acts Of Freedom We Will Need To Break Out Of These Systems Of Violence Ibram X. Kendi The New Age Of Empire Takes Us Back To The Beginning Of The European Empires, Outlining The Deliberate Terror And Suffering Wrought During Every Stage Of The Expansion, And Destroys The Self-congratulatory Myth That The West Was Founded On The Three Great Revolutions Of Science, Industry And Politics. Instead, Genocide, Slavery And Colonialism Are The Key Foundation Stones Upon Which The West Was Built, And We Are Still Living Under This System Today: America Is Now At The Helm, Perpetuating Global Inequality Through Business, Government, And Institutions Like The Un, The Imf, The World Bank And The Wto. The West Is Rich Because The Rest Is Poor. Capitalism Is Racism. The West Congratulations Itself On Raising Poverty By Increments In The Developing World While Ignoring The Fact That It Created These Conditions In The First Place, And Continues To Perpetuate Them. The Enlightenment, Which Underlies Every Part Of Our Foundational Philosophy Today, Was And Is Profoundly Racist. This Colonial Logic Was And Is Used To Justify The Ransacking Of Black And Brown Bodies And Their Land. The Fashionable Solutions Offered By The White Left In Recent Years Fall Far Short Of Even Beginning To Tackle The West's Place At The Helm Of A Racist Global Order. Offering No Easy Answers, The New Age Of Empire Is Essential Reading To Understand Our Profoundly Corrupt Global System. A Work Of Essential Clarity, The New Age Of Empire Is A Groundbreaking New Blueprint For Taking Black Radical Thought Into The Twenty-first Century And Beyond. " If you want to get beyond gestures and slogans and to the truth, this is the book to get you there" Russell Brand " Kehinde Andrews is a crucial voice walking in a proud tradition of Black radical criticism and action" Akala " An uncompromising account of the roots of racism today" Kimberlé Crenshaw " This clear-eyed analysis insists upon the revolutionary acts of freedom we will need to break out of these systems of violence" Ibram X. Kendi The New Age of Empire takes us back to the beginning of the European Empires, outlining the deliberate terror and suffering wrought during every stage of the expansion, and destroys the self-congratulatory myth that the West was founded on the three great revolutions of science, industry and politics. Instead, genocide, slavery and colonialism are the key foundation stones upon which the West was built, and we are still living under this system today: America is now at...