AN IN-DEPTH CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NEOLIBERAL AND NEW IMPERIAL HEGEMONY: Review of "The New Imperialism and A Brief History of Neoliberalism" by David Harvey

Abstract

Since the 1980s, neo-liberalism and new imperialism have become a way of thinking that is praised highly by western countries like Britain and America, and which have also affected the political, economic and cultural fields of other countries. This process has drawn sharp criticism and debate from western Marxists and left scholars—among whom Professor David Harvey is especially representative. In his two books A Brief History of Neoliberalism and The New Imperialism, Professor Harvey not only studied current practical and complex problems of neo-liberal and new imperial hegemony, but also put forward various proposals for overcoming and defending against such problems. His work plays an important role in our understanding and criticism of the phenomenon and essence of neo-liberalism and new imperialism.