Define "empire" in a way which includes all empires, and excludes all non-empires.
Protip: I can't. Please help.
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Define "empire" in a way which includes all empires, and excludes all non-empires. Protip: I can't.
Define "empire" in a way which includes all empires, and excludes all non-empires.
Protip: I can't. Please help.
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The obsession with "definitions" of necessarily fuzzy and complex real world phenomena is a true sign of a completely stunted thinker. It is a completely pointless exercise.
Arguing semantics is pretty cringe.
is or was a big boy at some point in the past
Empires are political entities that made an effort to have other political entities acknowledge them as empires.
Holding political, cultural and military influence in regions that may differ geographically and ethnically from yours.
Voilá.
is an empire, because they make guns, make red bull and have veto power in international organizations
Coasting on legacy from when it used to be a big boy, yes
Soft power empires are a thing and yes, even small European states still possess some degree of this power.
In fact, all of G7 members qualify except Canada, which is forever a colony of the world.
A state ruled by someone whose title was "Emperor" or a local equivalent to the term
Empires are when do any international policy.
There is no definition.
For example, the British Empire. The “British Empire” never existed on paper. There was no formal degree outlining the rules for an empire, like there was for France, Germany, or Russia. The monarch never called themselves emperor (except over India). But most people call it an empire
Empire means Rome and nothing else
Anglos value monetary gain over culture. It’s why they will lose the cultural war. Just look at Japanese vs American soft power. One is capitalist and the other is cultural.
>One is capitalist and the other is cultural.
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You can't, because words don't actually work in terms of 'featherless biped'-style necessary and sufficient criteria in real life usage, but prototypes and extensions.
Empire is any State that seeks territorial and/or cultural expansion as its prime objective.
Expansion of multiple kingdoms,states,cultures and people's (races) under one rule either by direct control, hegemony, or influence that pays tribute to said rule. There's exceptions to the type of rule. Ie monarchy, elective monarchy, fascist or communist states... so on.
Protip: USA is an empire.
I'm not sure if this includes all empires, but generally I view "empire" as any polity that rules over several ethnic groups and has a section of "favored subjects" or citizens. This definition can include traditional empires, as well as weird entities such as the British "Empire" or Imperial Republics, like the United States, France, or the Roman Republic.
>French Second Empire overthrown and replaced by a French Third Republic
>"historians" consider them both "empires" because they still had Algeria
An Empire is a political entity powerful enough to convince other political entities to call them an Empire
A large scale political entity uniting extensive, often diverse and even non contiguous areas, with a strong reliance on local authorities.
It's especially the latter that, in my opinion, defines an empire. An empire strongly relies on the delegation of power, and does few things directly (such as the currency or the army), unlike other major entities with a highly centralized government providing an extensive set of rules, standards, and making most decisions on its own.
It's being the ruler of Rome or a state that is as powerful as Rome like China. The only empires that have existed is the original Roman empire, the Holy Roman Empire, China, Persia, Indian empires like the Maurya or Mughals, the British Empire, and of course the American Empire.
Does the Eastern Roman Empire count as the original? I don't see any good grounds to say one way or the other which was the 'real' one at the time of the split.
I'll give you my go-to definition of empire by Jurgen Osterhammel.
>“An empire is a large, hierarchical structure of domination of polyethnic and multireligious character, the coherence of which is secured by threats of violence, administration, indigenous ollaboration, and the universalist programs and symbols of an imperial elite … but not by social and political homogenization and the idea of universal citizenship rights.”
>any state that calls itself an empire
there you go anon, its that easy
Ah yes, the Japanese Empire...of like one cultural group. Vgh very empire.
yes
>define thing so that it only applies to what are already defined as thing
the absolute state of IQfy