RHETOR 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Apotheosis, Confirmation Bias
13 Mar 2017
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Denouncing of colonial practices that induced poverty and deaths of native. American as thread of critical thinking about the impact of conquest and colonization upon native americans. Myth about (1) nature of native civilizations pre conquest (2) native reactions to the conquest (3) long term impact of colonization on native societies. Also notion that native civilization was some kind of arcadia. Take for granted that native cultures were destroyed because they could not withstand the european invasion. Argument: native cultures were not barbarous or idyllic, but just as civilized and imperfect as the european cultures then; they were resilient and adaptive - many found opportunities during the tradition. Conquest branded natives as in between the category of animals and true human beings. Notion of native societies as non-societies because of simplistic social structure and low population. Inspired attempts to build utopian christian communities upon native simplicity.
