Frederick Ezekiel R. Pasco – 11503505
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“Undeniable Truth: The Global Implications of Colonialism” European colonialism had a “wider coverage than other colonialisms” and as such, it takes into consideration the amount of influence that it dealt to the rest of the world. With the beginnings of capitalism in Europe due to the industrial revolution and with the help of colonialism as the medium of spreading the ideologies which greatly influenced the world “we” live in today. Furthermore, the rise of racial hierarchy and systems came forth from the division of labour within Europe that later spread and applied unto Africa which reflects the reason why discrimination and classifications are apparent when people view other people from across
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(Heywood, 2011) With capitalism’s socio-economic ideals and tendencies that supports private property; the importance, independence, and significance of the market; and the growing reliance of waged labour in shaping the economy of a state was ingrained in the processes through which colonialism was done (State model). (Comaroff, 1989) On a much related note, Post-colonialists interprets the effects of colonialism as the way Europeans “subverted indigenous cultures which led to the spread of soulless consumerism.” Consumerism on which the capitalist ideas are founded on have been one of the greatest implications of colonialism on many parts of the world in such a way that most states of today are promoting and advocating the use of democracy and with it, the use of capitalism in which an economy is built on. The decolonization of states after WWII in which Western ideals were still ingrained to the states that was colonized despite the fact that they are already independent states—instilled Eurocentric ideals—is due to the effects of colonialism in such a …show more content…
Yet after so many years of reading and learning about the “un-sugarcoated” version of what happened in the process of which colonialism was done, and the “real” state of the colonized, it occurred to me that colonialism wasn’t at all good in every sense of the word. It occurred to me that “we” would have been better off without it, and that it begs the question if “we” could have made cultural and technological advances by “ourselves.” “We” could condemn the colonizers about the atrocities that they had committed but what will happen then? “Our” respective and pre-colonized cultures wouldn’t come back overnight as the cultural bonds of European and “our” own are so intertwined with each other. I suppose what “we” could get out of this is capitalism and the religion that they had instilled in “our” societies, let “us” use this for “our” own economic and moral advantages in such a way that we benefit from what they had brought to us for it would mean that culture as colonized as it is and was can still adapt with the given settings through which it would
The treatises of imperialism, like other social subjects, have caused many controversies among those who are deeply interested despite their diverse national backgrounds. Nonetheless, no matter how heated debates the subject has raised, it is essential to fully deal with it based on historical sources. This paper will decode imperialism from the following primary sources to help people better understand the impacts of imperialism on the world’s politics, economies and cultures: John A. Hobson’s Imperialism: A Study, Vladimir Illyich Lenin’s Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism, Jules Ferry’s On French Colonial Expansion, Rudyard Kipling’s The White Man’s Burden, American Anti-Imperialism League’s Platform of the American Anti¬-Imperialist
From the sixteenth century, Europeans were satisfied with establishing colonies and carrying out trading and missionary activity in foreign continents. However, in the late nineteenth century, countries were determined to take control over large territories in order to expand their empires, a surge known as the new imperialism. Creating colonies acted as a symbol of prestige and dominance over rival nations. The Europeans also hoped to discover riches and valuable natural resources to open regions to commerce. Additionally, they felt it was their duty to civilize the native people by governing them and converting them to Christianity (Spielvogel and McTighe 226).
The effects of imperialism was quite chaotic in the beginning causing an up rise from Africa and the Middle East. At first both resisted but over time western ways was making it’s way into a part of the daily routine. The imperialism started with Africa and eventually moved into the Middle East, but when it started in Africa it was for the natural resources the country possessed at the time. The Middle East was different due to the ruler at the time, Muhammad Ali was the ruler of Egypt and wanted to modernize Egypt the way he wanted to. He is sometimes known as “Father of Modern Egypt” although when he died they was not a leader that was as strong as he was to hold up his empire.
Colonization showcases that throughout history people have only cared about themselves and what they want and we should learn from the mistakes that people throughout history have
Colonialism and Independence units Colonialism is a system whereby countries come to a foreign land with the intention of benefiting themselves from the properties and resources of the place and dominate or control over it. Colonizers, countries which colonize foreign lands, use a different method to take over a land with the most common one being “modernizing the people who lived in the colonies” to disguise their true motive of developing their own nation’s economy by exploitation and to disseminate their own culture. In the article “Colonialism is a system”, Jean-Paul Sartre argues colonialism is a system in which the colonist have a dominating power over the colonies to establish an economic and social
Colonialism and Imperialism affected our world both positively and negatively. On one hand, Imperialism has often been linked with racial segregation, manipulation, and hardship. On the other, it has been said that many colonial powers contributed much in terms of schools, roads, railways, and much more. Whether this time period was constructive or harmful, it has played a large part in shaping our lives today. European Imperialism started long before the 1800’s.
Firstly, Fanon upholds the thesis that decolonization which means the replacing of a certain species of men by another species of men is always a violent phenomenon (Fanon, 1961: 27). He believes that as the colonized states were maintained through genocide and extermination it would take violence to reverse this power relationship. To the natives, their land is their survival and through rebellion they will free their land from the foreigners. Fanon adds ‘‘Europe is literally the creation of the Third world’’ (Fanon, 1961: 81).
Even though it has been over sixty years since Myanmar was imperialized, remnants of the outcome of imperialism can still be well observed. The language, the clothing, the infrastructures all have been affected by imperialism. These effects may deceive people into thinking that imperialism was all sunshine and rainbows but in reality, imperialism brutally destroyed the different aspects of a country. Imperialism impacted societies in countless negative ways. It led to slave trade which then led to social discrimination around the world.
The dependency on Europe and North America by the Region, therefore, is the evidence of the empire the West has built by imperialism, and perpetual profit or loss of imperialism for a state, depending on which side of the divide that state stands. Imperialism does not end. The imperial power merely changes. Active, conspicuous imperialism might be latent in some states of the Region, but it surely is not absent. Independence and freedom alone can guarantee an end to imperialism, but ‘independence’ and ‘freedom’ are relative conceptions.
Moreover, Western civilization became the ideal civilization, and became way superior to African “civilization.” As a consequence, African tradition became perceived as primitive, outmoded, and sadly not welcomed by the rest of the world. Unfortunately, a lot of Africans experienced a trend of a dying out culture. (2) It can be implied that even the Africans’ self-perception dropped because the only lifestyle they knew was suddenly taken away from them and they were taught that it was substandard. Therefore, the indigenous inhabitants of the colonies, the Africans, had to adapt to a new, “superlative” culture and view it as more sophisticated than theirs.
Which only fabrications of the capitalists do not seek to justify the plunder of colonies! Through a variety of printed works permeates the thought that before the arrival of the colonial masters Africans were completely or almost completely devoid of the capacity for social progress. This idea was developed in every way and hard spread. Only 30 years ago, a colonial official called Africans "savages, whom history has passed. " History of Africa depicted as standing outside the tides and ebbs of "waves of the highest civilization," which to a certain extent contributed to the development of Africa's population is doomed to stagnation.
Lenin (1917) broadly defines imperialism as the highest form of capitalism. Lenin explains that imperialism was an effort by the "advanced" countries to exert their dominance in the world, and own and control its economic resources and potential. Capitalism made it unviable for the less developed countries to follow the route of the "advanced" countries, as this would lead to competition. The monopoly capitalist nations, therefore, did not have any interest in development. Rather, their investment went into the exploitation of raw materials for their industries.
Post-colonialism as a branch of epistemology, politics and ethics addresses the problem of submergence and loss of identity, individuality and distinctiveness of the colonized ‘other’ and his gradual acquiescence of the values of the colonizers by treating them as superior to his own and it also tries to provide some space and voice to the marginalized other or the subaltern. Globalectics is essentially concerned with the relation, tension, connection and perception that exist among different cultures and how they interact with each other and how they are related to the centre and how the apparent attire of the entire world affairs and international politics is shaped by the invisible, internal dynamics of the dialectical. Now a contrapuntal
Discourse on colonialism generally results in the different opinions of the colonizer and the colonized. The upshot of such discourse shows that colonialism has divergent interpretations. For the colonizer, it is ‘a civilizing mission’; to the colonized, it is exploitation. Such concept is better understood when both the views are studied with an objective approach. Things Fall Apart is a perfect novel to study colonialism as it deals with the perspectives of the colonizer and the colonized.