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  • I am a Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. I received an Honours B.A., with a double major in Latin...028 December 2016

    Maximilian Forte: Research Interests

    I am a Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. I received an Honours B.A., with a double major in Latin…

  • ANTH 630 New Directions in Anthropological Research ANTH 601 Decolonizing Anthropological Epistemology, Theory, and Practice ANTH/SOCI 498C Cultural Imperialism ANTH/SOCI 498N The New Imperialism ANTH 385 Globalization & Transnationality ANTH...028 December 2016

    Courses Taught

    ANTH 630 New Directions in Anthropological Research ANTH 601 Decolonizing Anthropological Epistemology, Theory, and Practice ANTH/SOCI 498C Cultural Imperialism ANTH/SOCI 498N The New Imperialism ANTH 385 Globalization & Transnationality ANTH…

  • A. BOOKS 2015. Force Multipliers: The Instrumentalities of Imperialism. (Edited volume). Montreal, QC: Alert Press 2014. Good Intentions: Norms and Practices of Imperial Humanitarianism. (Edited volume). Montreal, QC: Alert Press....028 December 2016

    Publications

    A. BOOKS 2015. Force Multipliers: The Instrumentalities of Imperialism. (Edited volume). Montreal, QC: Alert Press 2014. Good Intentions: Norms and Practices of Imperial Humanitarianism. (Edited volume). Montreal, QC: Alert Press….

  • These essays generally deal with the development of Canadian anthropology, and questions of cultural and specifically academic imperialism. This is also part of my broader interest in the political economy...028 December 2016

    Canadian Anthropology & Academic Imperialism

    These essays generally deal with the development of Canadian anthropology, and questions of cultural and specifically academic imperialism. This is also part of my broader interest in the political economy…

  • This selection of articles consists only of recent articles (2016 and after) dealing with globalization, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanism, and the political and cultural opposition which they have engendered. The coverage...028 December 2016

    Globalization & Neoliberalism

    This selection of articles consists only of recent articles (2016 and after) dealing with globalization, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanism, and the political and cultural opposition which they have engendered. The coverage…

  • Did Victorianism end with Queen Victoria’s passing? Is there a New Victorianism, and if so, what does it encompass? If there is a New Victorianism, what are there basic structural...028 December 2016

    The New Victorianism

    Did Victorianism end with Queen Victoria’s passing? Is there a New Victorianism, and if so, what does it encompass? If there is a New Victorianism, what are there basic structural…

  • The following articles, most of which are freely available online, focus on Libya, particularly the 2011 AFRICOM/NATO war against Libya and what that produced. 2016. “Haunted by Gaddafi.” Zero Anthropology,...028 December 2016

    Libya, Gaddafi, and NATO

    The following articles, most of which are freely available online, focus on Libya, particularly the 2011 AFRICOM/NATO war against Libya and what that produced. 2016. “Haunted by Gaddafi.” Zero Anthropology,…

  • The broader concern with imperialism and colonialism, that runs as a theme throughout not just my eclectic research but also most of my interdisciplinary university education, emerged as a prominent...025 June 2011

    Empire

    The broader concern with imperialism and colonialism, that runs as a theme throughout not just my eclectic research but also most of my interdisciplinary university education, emerged as a prominent…

  • The nexus between imperialism, militarism, and anthropology, and the serious concerns it raised, was virtually the leading reason for starting Zero Anthropology. Given that I have written over 300 pieces...025 June 2011

    Militarism, Militarization, the Academy, and the Human Terrain System

    The nexus between imperialism, militarism, and anthropology, and the serious concerns it raised, was virtually the leading reason for starting Zero Anthropology. Given that I have written over 300 pieces…

  • WikiLeaks' journalism presented the world with a database of conflict, occasioning all sorts of contradictions and questions. While an exclusive focus on WikiLeaks is not one of my long-term interests,...025 June 2011

    WikiLeaks, the National Security State, and War

    WikiLeaks' journalism presented the world with a database of conflict, occasioning all sorts of contradictions and questions. While an exclusive focus on WikiLeaks is not one of my long-term interests,…

  • Focusing on Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean–and specifically the Caribs of Trinidad–with some materials on international Indigenous issues, these articles, essays, and reports focus on Indigenous resurgence, Indigenous identity, and...025 June 2011

    Caribbean Indigeneity, Resurgent Indigenism

    Focusing on Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean–and specifically the Caribs of Trinidad–with some materials on international Indigenous issues, these articles, essays, and reports focus on Indigenous resurgence, Indigenous identity, and…

  • Cultural imperialism rests on the power to universalize particularisms linked to a singular historical tradition by causing them to be misrecognized as such. (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1999, p. 41) If...025 June 2011

    Imperialism, Americanization, and the Social Sciences

    Cultural imperialism rests on the power to universalize particularisms linked to a singular historical tradition by causing them to be misrecognized as such. (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1999, p. 41) If…