1. Read J. A. Hobson’s Imperialism: A study (1902), Part 1, the chapter The Economic Taproot of Imperialism. Question: What was, according to Hobson, the main motivation for British imperial expansion?
2. Read A. E. Zimmern’s Nationalism and Internationalism. Are Nationalism and Internationalism compatible? Discuss.
3. Read David Mitrany’s A Working Peace System. What were, for Mitrany, the advantages of a functionalist order?
4. Read F. Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. What is the role of violence in the colonial world and in post-colonial liberation?
5. Read Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism, part 2 chapter 5. What is the Right to Have Rights, and why is it important in the context of human rights?
6. Read Nehru’s speech at the Bandung Conference, 1955. How did he envisage the place of post-colonial countries in the Cold War? Discuss