This perspective swept aside the imperialistic attitudes of England, Dutch and Spanish and points the fingers at the French for the power struggles of the next 2 centuries. But didn’t imperialism cause immense damage to civilisations in India, Africa and South America? Not mentioning this and only connecting philosophical thoughts of England to the success of the West is definitely an incomplete account of what it took for this success to be achieved. How many lives did the American and English path to power claim?
