Empire of Liberty

Anthony Bogues examines the nature of American power and its self-proclaimed role as a bastion of liberty, arguing that this presentation attempts to impose a singular universal truth and suppress radical thought. He explores how a language of power constructs self-government as the ultimate form of sovereignty. Bogues reconsiders the works of W. E. B. DuBois and Frantz Fanon to challenge this imperial structure, offering a radical humanistic theory that seeks an alternative to imperial freedom from the postcolonial world.