HIEU 3152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Market (Place), Radicalization, Scorched Earth
7 Jul 2016
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The pale & mentality of settler colonialism: beyond the pale = something among there sane/normal phrase, the pale = ireland in british eyes. British settlers claim that they have birth right to rule this land bc they think they can do a better job than the native people. British idea that they feel they"re then who are being seiged, not the native people. Internal colonial in the british isles: edward the confessor as rex tortious. Britannia. (but ireland = special case: 1541 british begin to take over british isles/ireland. As predominantly catholic civilization ireland = threat to europe. Britain begins to look weak w/their lineage being unknown with big catholic nations in spain + france: political motive = want a protestant ruling class on the island, cultural motive = civilizing these barbaric people. Not just geopolitics but culture: idea of civility: civility word which british enforce/promote.
