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Hobsonʻs imperialism : a study in late-Victorian political thought

2009

In his PhD study Timo Särkkä explores J. A. Hobson’s (1858–1940) paradigm of imperialism, its content, intentions and, finally, its limitations. The study reveals that Hobson’s thesis of imperialism can be seen as paradigmatic of the 1890s radical-liberal understanding of imperialism.The author argues that when the Victorian periodical press (weeklies, reviews and magazines) is analysed in its original communicative context, it reveals a more appropriate environment in which to study Hobson’s political thought in terms of the history of ideas. Thus, quite conversely to the previous studies concerning Hobson, the principal sources used in this study are journal and periodical articles, revie…