JAV200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Edward Said, Natural Disaster, Frantz Fanon
10 Feb 2017
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A policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the area of the world. A poli(cid:272)(cid:455) of e(cid:454)te(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455)(cid:859)s po(cid:449)er a(cid:374)d influence through diplomacy or military force (at least, these are the definitions according to the internet) These usages do not necessarily contradict each other; rather, they need to be seen analyses which focus on different layers of imperialism. The difference between imperialism and colonialism is that colonialism is an extension of imperialism. Imperialism can be defined by four categories: economic, subjugation of others, imperialism as an idea and as a discursive field of knowledge. While colonialism is a part of imperialism in which european settlers gained significant political control over the colonies. Example: canada (wanted the land to be populate with citizens) and india (subject of subjugation, only occupied for their resources) An imaginary construction based on a binary system of self vs. other.
