Reviews
"This elegant and original tour de force reveals the often forgotten emotive and violent effect Western imperialism and colonialism had on the peoples of Western Asia. A must read for our times." -Ilan Pappe, professor of history, University of Exeter, and author of A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples, "A seminal book that shows how perilous it is to overlook the dynamics of humiliation in politics, particularly in times of increasing global interdependence when crises can only be overcome through cooperation. It is the very strategy that is undermined by the humiliation of arrogant domination." --Evelin Lindner, professor of social sciences and humanities, and author of Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict, This elegant and original tour de force reveals the often forgotten emotive and violent effect Western imperialism and colonialism had on the peoples of Western Asia. A must read for our times. -Ilan Pappe, professor of history, University of Exeter, and author of A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples, This elegant and original tour de force reveals the often forgotten emotive and violent effect Western imperialism and colonialism had on the peoples of Western Asia. A must read for our times., More than a trenchant analysis of recent U.S. foreign policy disasters, this important book helps us understand the potent role of humiliation in international affairs., Much we still need to learn about the social and psychological consequences of the globalized imperialism of the sort that the U.S. and its allies perform at unfathomable cost to human dignity and civilized life. Deepak Tripathi's Imperial Designs is an excellent study in that critical direction. His knowledge of the terrain is vast and detailed, his perspective realist, and his gaze irreducibly humanist. -Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, and author of Post-Orientalism: Knowledge and Power in Time of Terror, "Much we still need to learn about the social and psychological consequences of the globalized imperialism of the sort that the U.S. and its allies perform at unfathomable cost to human dignity and civilized life. Deepak Tripathi's Imperial Designs is an excellent study in that critical direction. His knowledge of the terrain is vast and detailed, his perspective realist, and his gaze irreducibly humanist." --Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, and author of Post-Orientalism: Knowledge and Power in Time of Terror, eoeThis elegant and original tour de force reveals the often forgotten emotive and violent effect Western imperialism and colonialism had on the peoples of Western Asia. A must read for our times.e e"Ilan Pappe, professor of history, University of Exeter, and author of A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples, " Imperial Designs has much to offer to decision-makers, particularly its insights into the causes and devastating impact of humiliation in international relations, including the desire for revenge on the part of the humiliated. . . . Tripathi's excellent summation of past events in the Middle East and his cogent analysis of their continuing implications should be required reading for all who are dealing directly with this troubled region, as well as those seeking to understand it and its relations with the United States." --Greta N. Morris, American Diplomacy, A seminal book that shows how perilous it is to overlook the dynamics of humiliation in politics, particularly in times of increasing global interdependence when crises can only be overcome through cooperation. It is the very strategy that is undermined by the humiliation of arrogant domination. -Evelin Lindner, professor of social sciences and humanities, and author of Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict, "More than a trenchant analysis of recent U.S. foreign policy disasters, this important book helps us understand the potent role of humiliation in international affairs." -Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology, and affiliate professor of religious studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, "More than a trenchant analysis of recent U.S. foreign policy disasters, this important book helps us understand the potent role of humiliation in international affairs." --Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology, and affiliate professor of religious studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, eoeMore than a trenchant analysis of recent U.S. foreign policy disasters, this important book helps us understand the potent role of humiliation in international affairs.e e"Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology, and affiliate professor of religious studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, "A seminal book that shows how perilous it is to overlook the dynamics of humiliation in politics, particularly in times of increasing global interdependence when crises can only be overcome through cooperation. It is the very strategy that is undermined by the humiliation of arrogant domination." -Evelin Lindner, professor of social sciences and humanities, and author of Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict, " Imperial Designs has much to offer to decision-makers, particularly its insights into the causes and devastating impact of humiliation in international relations, including the desire for revenge on the part of the humiliated. . . . Tripathi's excellent summation of past events in the Middle East and his cogent analysis of their continuing implications should be required reading for all who are dealing directly with this troubled region, as well as those seeking to understand it and its relations with the United States." -Greta N. Morris, American Diplomacy, Much we still need to learn about the social and psychological consequences of the globalized imperialism of the sort that the U.S. and its allies perform at unfathomable cost to human dignity and civilized life. Deepak Tripathi's Imperial Designs is an excellent study in that critical direction. His knowledge of the terrain is vast and detailed, his perspective realist, and his gaze irreducibly humanist., eoeA seminal book that shows how perilous it is to overlook the dynamics of humiliation in politics, particularly in times of increasing global interdependence when crises can only be overcome through cooperation. It is the very strategy that is undermined by the humiliation of arrogant domination.e e"Evelin Lindner, professor of social sciences and humanities, and author of Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict, "This elegant and original tour de force reveals the often forgotten emotive and violent effect Western imperialism and colonialism had on the peoples of Western Asia. A must read for our times." --Ilan Pappe, professor of history, University of Exeter, and author of A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples, eoeMuch we still need to learn about the social and psychological consequences of the globalized imperialism of the sort that the U.S. and its allies perform at unfathomable cost to human dignity and civilized life. Deepak Tripathie(tm)s Imperial Designs is an excellent study in that critical direction. His knowledge of the terrain is vast and detailed, his perspective realist, and his gaze irreducibly humanist.e e"Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, and author of Post-Orientalism: Knowledge and Power in Time of Terror, More than a trenchant analysis of recent U.S. foreign policy disasters, this important book helps us understand the potent role of humiliation in international affairs. -Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology, and affiliate professor of religious studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, "Much we still need to learn about the social and psychological consequences of the globalized imperialism of the sort that the U.S. and its allies perform at unfathomable cost to human dignity and civilized life. Deepak Tripathi's Imperial Designs is an excellent study in that critical direction. His knowledge of the terrain is vast and detailed, his perspective realist, and his gaze irreducibly humanist." -Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, and author of Post-Orientalism: Knowledge and Power in Time of Terror, A seminal book that shows how perilous it is to overlook the dynamics of humiliation in politics, particularly in times of increasing global interdependence when crises can only be overcome through cooperation. It is the very strategy that is undermined by the humiliation of arrogant domination.
