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The definitions of colonialism and imperialism, although assumed to be synonymous by most, are really very different. Colonialism is the action of a developed country making its presence known in a developing country for its own economic or political gain. Imperialism, on the other hand is going through the same actions for a different ideological reason. Up until quite recently, developed countries such as England set up colonies all over the world. This was mostly for its own empirical desire to be great and powerful, making the action colonial (as opposed to imperial). By the late 19th century however, England’s and the United States’ motives seem to have shifted toward a more imperial approach. They wanted to bring the developing countries “civilization”, “education”, and “progress”. These noble sounding words of course come with a lot of side effects. Along with all the goodwill comes a severance from pure and ancient culture that many developing countries have a hard time living without. Given both the positive and negative effects of colonialism and imperialism, what struck me as interesting about the article was the suggestion that the difference between the two really matter at all. Whatever the growing empires intentions are, the effects stay the same. For hundreds of years countries have been colonizing other countries, destroying their culture and giving them access to the modern world. Perhaps the motives have fluctuated over time, but the developing countries have been going through the same thing for as long as it has been going on. Perhaps a shift from colonialist toward imperialism really has been taking place, but significant changes to how colonized countries will be treated most likely will not take place at all.
Just wanted to help you out hope you see this before class, look up at the blue bar above the page and hit "New Post" it should be right next to your email address at the top of your page once you hit that, you will be taken to a new page with an empty white box where you can post what you want to say. Hope this helps!
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ReplyDeleteHey I'm sorry but I wasn't able to figure out how to create a new post. Here it is:
ReplyDeleteThe definitions of colonialism and imperialism, although assumed to be synonymous by most, are really very different. Colonialism is the action of a developed country making its presence known in a developing country for its own economic or political gain. Imperialism, on the other hand is going through the same actions for a different ideological reason.
Up until quite recently, developed countries such as England set up colonies all over the world. This was mostly for its own empirical desire to be great and powerful, making the action colonial (as opposed to imperial). By the late 19th century however, England’s and the United States’ motives seem to have shifted toward a more imperial approach. They wanted to bring the developing countries “civilization”, “education”, and “progress”. These noble sounding words of course come with a lot of side effects. Along with all the goodwill comes a severance from pure and ancient culture that many developing countries have a hard time living without.
Given both the positive and negative effects of colonialism and imperialism, what struck me as interesting about the article was the suggestion that the difference between the two really matter at all. Whatever the growing empires intentions are, the effects stay the same. For hundreds of years countries have been colonizing other countries, destroying their culture and giving them access to the modern world. Perhaps the motives have fluctuated over time, but the developing countries have been going through the same thing for as long as it has been going on. Perhaps a shift from colonialist toward imperialism really has been taking place, but significant changes to how colonized countries will be treated most likely will not take place at all.
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ReplyDeleteJust wanted to help you out hope you see this before class, look up at the blue bar above the page and hit "New Post" it should be right next to your email address at the top of your page once you hit that, you will be taken to a new page with an empty white box where you can post what you want to say. Hope this helps!
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ReplyDeleteThe blue bar gives me several options: Search Blog, Flag Blog, Follow Blog, Next Blog, Dashboard and Sign Out..."New Post" is no where to be found =/