Post-Colonialism
Post-Colonialism
Colonialism versus imperialism
Difference between imperialism and colonialism
Though both the words underline suppression of the other, Colonialism is where one nation assumes control over the other and Imperialism refers to political or economic control, either formally or informally. In simple words, colonialism can be thought to be a practice and imperialism as the idea driving the practice. Colonialism is a term where a country conquers and rules over other regions. It means exploiting the resources of the conquered country for the benefit of the conqueror. Imperialism means crea ting an empire, expanding into the neighbouring regions and expanding its dominance far.
Imperialism = imperium = to command
Colonialism = colonus = farmer
As an excuse for colonialism: the argument known as the ‘civilizing mission’, meaning that a temporary period of political dependence or tutelage was necessary in order for ‘uncivilized’ societies to advance to the point where they were capable of sustaining liberal institutions and self-government.
Defining colonialism
Colonialism is not restricted to a specific time or place. Colonialism is used in this reader to describe the process of European settlement and political control over the rest of the world. The term is frequently used to describe the settlement of places that were controlled by a large population of permanent European residents.
Imperialism (traditional understanding) was a system of military domination and sovereignty over territories.
Leninist/Marxist analysis: A system oriented towards economic exploitation. Imperialism was the necessary and inevitable result of the logic of accumulation in late capitalism.
Natural Law and the Age of Discovery
The Spanish justified their activities in the Americas in terms of a religious mission to bring Christianity to the native people. But this Spanish conquest took place during a period of reform when humanist scholars within
the
Colonialism versus imperialism
Difference between imperialism and colonialism
Though both the words underline suppression of the other, Colonialism is where one nation assumes control over the other and Imperialism refers to political or economic control, either formally or informally. In simple words, colonialism can be thought to be a practice and imperialism as the idea driving the practice. Colonialism is a term where a country conquers and rules over other regions. It means exploiting the resources of the conquered country for the benefit of the conqueror. Imperialism means crea ting an empire, expanding into the neighbouring regions and expanding its dominance far.
Imperialism = imperium = to command
Colonialism = colonus = farmer
As an excuse for colonialism: the argument known as the ‘civilizing mission’, meaning that a temporary period of political dependence or tutelage was necessary in order for ‘uncivilized’ societies to advance to the point where they were capable of sustaining liberal institutions and self-government.
Defining colonialism
Colonialism is not restricted to a specific time or place. Colonialism is used in this reader to describe the process of European settlement and political control over the rest of the world. The term is frequently used to describe the settlement of places that were controlled by a large population of permanent European residents.
Imperialism (traditional understanding) was a system of military domination and sovereignty over territories.
Leninist/Marxist analysis: A system oriented towards economic exploitation. Imperialism was the necessary and inevitable result of the logic of accumulation in late capitalism.
Natural Law and the Age of Discovery
The Spanish justified their activities in the Americas in terms of a religious mission to bring Christianity to the native people. But this Spanish conquest took place during a period of reform when humanist scholars within
the