GEG 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Settler Colonialism, European Colonialism, Fundamental Interaction
11 Apr 2018
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Imperialism & colonialism: imperialism involves the practice, the theory, and the attitudes of a dominating metropolitan centre ruling a distant territory"; colonialism, which is almost always a consequence of imperialism, is the implanting of settlements on a distant territory". Mini-systems: precursor to organization of territory into empires and imperial systems. Ruled by a single person (empres/emperor), sovereign state or centralized elite. Usually without formal consent of the people living within borders. 70 empires in history: romans, incas, habsburgs, ottomans, china, britain, japan, soviet union, 6 sources of power: economic, military, political, geopolotical, demographic, ideological. Negative perspective: abuse, exploration, imposition of values and institutions. Positive perspective: tolerant of difference, civilizing and modernizing, harbinger of global order and peace. Cultural imperialism: practice of promoting and imposing a culture, usually that of a politically powerful nation, over a less powerful society. American imperialism: policy aimed at extending the political, economic, and cultural control of the united states government over areas beyond its boundaries.
