Three tropes of empire: Necessity, spectacle affection

Robert Hariman

doi:10.1080/13183222.2005.11008898

Three tropes of empire: Necessity, spectacle affection

Robert Hariman^*

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This essay identifies three recurrent appeals in the discourse of empire. These are presented through explication of Thucydides' last speech to the Athenian demos, a documentary essay by Max Boot, one of the intellectual architects of the invasion of Iraq, and Edmund Burke's speech regarding a colonial insurgency. "On Conciliation with America".

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	11-26
Number of pages	16
Journal	Javnost
Volume	12
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2005.11008898
State	Published - Dec 2005

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