November 30, 2023
Author: Thomas J. Barfield
In this book, Barfield considers the existence of “shadow empires,” the legacy of imperial powers which continue to impact world politics today despite having been disrupted or
dissipated by the rise of the present arrangement of nation states.
“Empires cannot be properly understood without Barfield’s illuminating
understanding of their ‘shadow’: of how they transform their entire periphery.
That periphery is, under Barfield’s brilliant, clarifying lens, actually central.
He provides us with an analytical tool of great power.”
James C. Scott, Yale University
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