NEW322H1 Chapter Notes -Utopia
Document Summary
Material interests of europe had consequences on the knowledge produced about. Myth of the dark continent: formation of the modern world, ushering in of the modern world, expansion of modern relations/modern socio-economic relations, about. Mudimbe: 3 elements of colonizing structure: domination, reformation, integration. Reformation: of the savage mind, incapability of self-awareness for african (need for. Christian salvation and western education), logic of commerce demands that we are extricated from our idleness. Local economic histories, reshaping of economic systems and material cultures to bring them into conformity with europe. Company colonialism: people removed from their land, economy would be defined by a particular need of the europeans. Nigeria (vegetable oil), a need of the europeans. The project of colonialism, envisions a european utopia. Race = a material fact, but still a social construction. Colonialism, the rise of christian imperialism, is the end of tradition of okonkwo.
