POLI 231 Lecture 18: POLI231 Guest Lecture on Authority and Human Nature Lecture Notes 2

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 231
• Professor: Victor Muniz- Fraticelli

Document Summary

Poli231 guest lecture on authority and human nature lecture notes. Authority and human nature in dutch and chinese colonial discourse. Justifying control of formosan indigenous in the 17th c. History: dutch spanish rule, under chinese dynasty colony of japan chinese martial law. Dutch colonial discourse (cid:862)case fo(cid:396) a(cid:271)o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d age(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455), fe(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:271)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ie(cid:396)s to christian conversion, ability to consent to alienation of sovereignty(cid:863) Dutch freedom perceived dignity of village authority as not so great that they need to be obeyed. Authority given up continually in the village. Authority not through inheritance, everyone is equally free lack of authority: fewer barriers to christianity, missionary duty of dutch. Dutch claims possession through free consent of villagers justified interactions as sovereign with aboriginal leaders, through recognition of political rights. By conferring of rights (cid:862)f(cid:396)ee a(cid:374)d unconstrained (cid:373)eeti(cid:374)gs(cid:863) ritualist giving: alienation of sovereign to company: urgent need to designate representatives.