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SESSION 4

THEORIES OF CULTURAL IMPERIALISM, PART 1:

NEO-COLONIALISM AND A STRUCTURAL THEORY OF IMPERIALISM

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GGaallttuunngg’’ss SSttrruuccttuurraall TThheeoorryy ooff IImmppeerriiaalliissmm Conceptual building blocks: Dependency Unequal exchange Value added, value minimized; Degree of processing Extraction

center in the Center, and the periphery in the Periphery Bridgeheads (Dis)harmony of interest Inter- and intra-national relations

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Definitions: Imperialism “the special type of dominance system to be discussed here is imperialism” “imperialism is a system that splits up collectivities and relates some of the

parts to each other in relations of harmony of interest, and other parts in relations of disharmony of interest, or conflict of interest”

“In the Periphery nation, the center grows more than the periphery, due

partly to how interaction between center and periphery is organized” “a combination of intra- and inter-national relations” “if there is no bridgehead for the Center nation in the center of the Periphery

nation, there cannot be any imperialism by this definition”

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Two Mechanisms of Imperialism (1) the principle of vertical interaction relation (2) the principle of feudal interaction structure Vertical Interaction (1) the value-exchange between the actors = inter-actor effects (2) the effects inside the actors = intra-actor effects

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Three stages or types of exploitation Feudal Interaction (1) interaction between Center and Periphery is vertical (2) interaction between Periphery and Periphery is missing (3) multilateral interaction involving all three is missing (4) interaction with the outside world is monopolized by the Center, with two

implications: (a) Periphery interaction with other Center nations is missing (b) Center as well as Periphery interaction with Periphery nations belonging to

other Center nations is missing

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Five Types of Imperialism

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Communication Imperialism, Cultural Imperialism, Scientific Imperialism

feudal interaction news communication Cultural Imperialism & Scientific Imperialism Convertibility Conclusions Questions