What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD

Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1 1 Haziran 2011
  • Christian Lekon
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What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD

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Reviewing the different empires that ruled over the island of Cyprus, this contribution takes issue with Anthony Giddens’ contention that imperial systems were largely self-contained in political and economic terms. In fact, almost all the empires discussed here interacted with other sizeable political units; and Cyprus’s trade links were normally not confined to any of the empires that happened to control it. However, Giddiness’ concept of an imperial system can be maintained if it is, in the vein of Niklas Luhmann, re-conceptualized as being operationally closed but, at the same time, open to the environment. This perspective also allows us to distinguish modern imperial systems from pre-modern ones: while the latter were coupled with two structurally different types of society identified by Giddens (tribal and class-divided), in the case of the former it is three types (tribal, class-divided and capitalist). Thus, being more complex than their predecessors, modern empires are also more fragile.

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Christian Lekon Bu kişi benim

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1 Haziran 2011

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1 Haziran 2011

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Yıl 2011 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1

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APA
Lekon, C. (2011). What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD. Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies, 3(1), 5-26. https://izlik.org/JA24HA47NP
AMA
1.Lekon C. What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD. Spectrum. 2011;3(1):5-26. https://izlik.org/JA24HA47NP
Chicago
Lekon, Christian. 2011. “What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD”. Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies 3 (1): 5-26. https://izlik.org/JA24HA47NP.
EndNote
Lekon C (01 Haziran 2011) What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD. Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies 3 1 5–26.
IEEE
[1]C. Lekon, “What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD”, Spectrum, c. 3, sy 1, ss. 5–26, Haz. 2011, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA24HA47NP
ISNAD
Lekon, Christian. “What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD”. Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies 3/1 (01 Haziran 2011): 5-26. https://izlik.org/JA24HA47NP.
JAMA
1.Lekon C. What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD. Spectrum. 2011;3:5–26.
MLA
Lekon, Christian. “What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD”. Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies, c. 3, sy 1, Haziran 2011, ss. 5-26, https://izlik.org/JA24HA47NP.
Vancouver
1.Christian Lekon. What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus c.1500 BC – 1960 AD. Spectrum [Internet]. 01 Haziran 2011;3(1):5-26. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA24HA47NP