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Colonialism
- A Moral Reckoning
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Sunday Times Bestseller
A new assessment of the West’s colonial record
In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.
Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the liberal West faces major threats.
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What the critics say
‘A fascinating read, informative, surprising and written with panache and clarity’ The Times, Andrew Billen
‘A thoughtful, compelling text’ Daily Telegraph, five-star review
‘A salutary corrective’ The Times, Book of the Week
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- Mark S
- 2023-03-15
A mostly balanced perspective
The author is clearly unshambed of western civilization. His motivation is to balance current condemnation of historic colonialism with perspective and as much unbiased fact as possible.
You do not need to pick sides in order to benefit from listening to this audio book. In fact, picking a side at all is probably a failure to appreciate the scope and infinite complexity of all the human factors at play.
The British Empire was not perfect. But it is worth asking if an alternative would or could have been any better.
I suppose my personal bias is that I appreciate the benefits of modern civilization and acknowledge the challenges of human nature and the limitations of government to create utopia.
Not perfect, but could be worse.
Life before modern civilization was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
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- jacob roy
- 2023-06-14
A Centrist's Point of View
Many years ago, books that discussed colonialism could often be triumphant and even bigoted in character. More recently it seems most books were purely critical. In Colonialism A Moral Reckoning, Biggar, attempts, rather successfully, to find a balance. Colonialism is a part of human history and it is has both benefited and impeded the people involved in it.
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- Hareishun S
- 2023-10-07
Nuanced, scholarly, and an excellent review of the issue.
Puts to shame the ideologically possessed Academics at the Ivy League, and Oxbridge.
Unlike them, the Author reviews the events, intentions, and outcomes of what occurred during British Colonialism, and gives both praise and condemnation, when it’s due.
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