GEOG 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mandatory Palestine, Industrial Revolution, Primitive Accumulation Of Capital
Document Summary
Places in the world interact with each other world systems. Orientalism: how the west justified the conquering of people and extraction of resources. Huntington and said as long as we continue to see the world as contests we will fall to find the stability we are seeking. Millennial goals how we will achieve this goal above. Globalization (access to global markets) the further expedites the global economy. Unlike the industrial revolution, the technology revolution does not create the same amount of jobs so this causes inequality. Colonization: movement of israelis into former british palestine western nations refusing. Advocating for a jewish nation state for protection and legitimacy. Colonialism only possible because the british had territory already and western nations had the global power to get the support even though the arab nation was not okay with it. American orientalism is more political (united states has a relationship with israel which further complicates the issue)
