187. Imperial Delusions -- Luke Kemp

About this episode

Graham Culbertson and Luke Kemp discuss the relationship between empires and states, justifications for imperial politics, and anti-empire perspectives.

Luke Kemp rejoins me to discuss the second part of Goliath's Curse , "Imperial March and Fall." Luke and I start off talking about why empires and states are actually the same thing, and move from there to various ways that people justify imperial politics, what it's like to be anti-empire when surrounded by defenders of empire, and how we can try to get the machine of empire to stop. Here's the link to buy the book: https://flyleafbooks.com/book/9780593321355 And here are Luke's previous appearances on the podcast: https://www.everydayanarchism.com/166-goliaths-curse-luke-kemp/ https://www.everydayanarchism.com/146-james-c-scotts-two-cheers-for-anarchism-luke-kemp/ https://player.captivate.fm/episode/2c8105f0-611f-4545-b632-e868e5039840/

People in this episode

Host: Graham Culbertson

Guest: Luke Kemp

Topics covered

• empire
• anti-imperialism
• politics
• justification
• history
• society

Keywords

• empire
• anti-empire
• politics
• justification
• Goliath's Curse
• Luke Kemp
• society
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Flyleaf Books

Books & works: Goliath's Curse

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