POLS2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Terra Nullius, Frantz Fanon, Social Darwinism
Lecture 2 - Colonialism
Relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous is on-going, related to colonialism
Colonialism is a set of ideas, as well as a pattern of pol + econ relations
colonialism structures much of our contemporary political reality
policies often underpinned by notion of assimilation
What is colonialism?
practice of domination that involves the subjugation of one people by another
pattern of power relationships entwined with + reinforced by a system of ideas
hierarchical relationship
metropole -> colony -> indigenous peoples
colony retains subservience to metropole
Colony asserts complete authority over indigenous peoples + the space + resources
+ political allegiance
Modernity allowed political control from a distance
Difference between imperialism + colonialism
Imperialism more concerned with relationship between metropole + colony
Colonialism = rel between colony + indigenous peoples
Justifications given for colonialism
revolve around argument that colonialism benefits the indigenous peoples
Legal
Discovering land doesnt give you automatic ownership, it depends on the status of
the indigenous people
questions of whether indigenous people have sovereignty and land ownership
Sovereignty
Sovereignty requires recognisable hierarchical system of government
therefore must proceed by conquering or signing treaties which cede
indigenous sovereignty
no recognisable political system = coloniser could assert sovereignty over all
indigenous peoples at moment of contact
Land ownership
land ownership requires demonstration of attachment
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Document Summary
Relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous is on-going, related to colonialism. Colonialism is a set of ideas, as well as a pattern of pol + econ relations colonialism structures much of our contemporary political reality policies often underpinned by notion of assimilation. Colony asserts complete authority over indigenous peoples + the space + resources. Imperialism more concerned with relationship between metropole + colony. Colonialism = rel between colony + indigenous peoples. Justifications given for colonialism revolve around argument that colonialism benefits the indigenous peoples. Discovering land doesn(cid:1685)t give you automatic ownership, it depends on the status of the indigenous people questions of whether indigenous people have sovereignty and land ownership. Sovereignty requires recognisable hierarchical system of government therefore must proceed by conquering or signing treaties which cede indigenous sovereignty no recognisable political system = coloniser could assert sovereignty over all indigenous peoples at moment of contact. Land ownership land ownership requires demonstration of attachment.
