NATS 1775 Lecture 6: Unit 6 - Colonization and Imperialism
23 Jan 2019
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Imperialism is a political philosophy advocated expanding a country"s empire by expanding political and economic control over other territories. Science, technology and justifications for colonization: the civilizing mission. Michael adas: industrialization was used for justification of european conquest and dominance in 19th century: linked to idea of empire-building native who was not as civilized . Based on paternalistic notion that it is the european"s duty to better the situation of the. Idea was to bring peace and order to areas where there are wars, constant conflicts. Movement benefited the colonizers economically but stunted the colonies economically to hinder the completion: science and the christian missionary movement. Christian missionaries often used idea of western scientific and technological dominance as way to prove to the non-western peoples that christianity was superior religion: conversion would lead to their salvation. This included missionaries teaching non-western people technical skills, ideas about.
