新世纪伊始，全球化时代的文化冲突为帝国霸权所掩盖，知识分子进一步对现代西方文化进行反思。

Since the worldwide cultural conflict has been covered up by Imperialist hegemony at the beginning of the new century, intellectuals are reflecting the problem of modem Western cultures.

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毫无疑问，帝国主义列强会孕育出各种不同的体制，如松散的西班牙附庸制，大英帝国联邦制以及旨在控制全球的美国霸权制。

The imperial powers certainly generated a lot of institutional variety, sprinkling Spanish vassalage, British indirect rule and American paternalism across the globe.

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你可以想象，当他们研究从15世纪起老牌帝国与新兴国家通过战争争夺霸权的情况时，历史上关于战争与毁灭的史实在他们面前一览无余。

You can imagine history's grim inventory of war and destruction being laid out before them as they examined how, from the 15th century, empires and upstarts had often fought for supremacy.

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