Imperialism Archaic? - is the word outdated...

[Wenty]

my old man thought so and in the terms of the british emipre etc he's right but does that exclude other imperialistic behaviour such as the US infected other peoples home lands etc...

[MattTheKat]

I hear your mom is archaic

[KickMcCann]

The new word for Imperialism is:

GLOBALISATION

has anyone else noticed this?

[MattTheKat]

the new word for your mom is globalization... you know why? cus shes so fat shes around the entire globe.... hahahahaha.... i got nothing

[Punx for Peace]

I hate talking theory - it always gets me in trouble!
BUT, globalisation ain't imperialism! Moreover, both have been around for a long time.

Just quickly on globalisation, there is a great book called 'Globalization in World History', that covers this topic well. The east Asians were engaged in global trade long before Westerners like me had figured out how to write.

On emperialism, its way older than the Romans. And it still exists. In the conventional geo-political form, and the economic/cultural terms we would consider today. There is a great book by Bighmant called 'Modern Empires' which is a must read.