INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cultural Hegemony, Capital Accumulation, Settler Colonialism
15 Sep 2016
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Key terms: colonial legacies, colonial technologies, institutionalization, colonial hegemony, scramble for africa, high imperialism. Colonialism: a crime against humanity: imposition of white rule, denial of fundamental human rights, impedes world peace. Monday, september 12, 2016: disparity of power. Hegemony of the west: scramble for africa (bismarck holding conference to manage colonial division in. Key difference between early and late colonialization: early was settler colonialism (e. g. canada, australia) and the occupation of colonies was based on trading ports, extracting natural resources. Industrialization and colonialism: industrial revolution in europe 18th and 19th century, colonialism was the inevitable consequence of the capital accumulation during industrialization in europe (industries needed new consumer markets and resources) !2: emergence of new technologies increased mass transportation and production, strong demand for raw materials in order to facilitate rapid industrialization in europe. Colonial technologies externally implanted modern apparatus and norms: e. g. maps (territory), census (population), museums, education (social values, demarcation, classi cation, segregation.
