Thoughts on Imperialism + Colonialism

Colonialism is a practice of domination

• Not very modern
  • Acient Greek Mediterranean Colonies
  • Roman Europe Colonies.+ African Colonies
  • Moors
  • Ottomans
• Time, space irrelevant, but TECHNOLOGY makes it easier
• Colonialism, a synonym of imperialism?
  • NO!
  • Similarities
    • Both were forms of conquest
    • Both involve mostly European settlers
  • Differences
    • Colonialism => Europeans take over + Bring their families
      • Europeans go there
      • They integrate into and change the society
    • Imperialism => Europeans take over + Assimilate then leave
      • Europeans go there
      • They setup their rule, and, (potentially) through local councils, exercise power
    • Rapid Imperialism brings forth "Empires", but the U.S., a large colonist, is a "Republic", for they bring the colonies under their own care and bring their people there
  • Usually, Colonialism is a Consequence of Imperialism, as in…
    • People go there and establish their rule ("Imperialists")
    • When society is somewhat assimilated, bring their own people ("Colonists")
    • Profit!
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Neither imperialism nor colonialism is a simple act of accumulation and acquisition. Both are supported and perhaps even impelled by impressive ideological formations that include notions that certain territories and people require and beseech domination, as well as forms of knowledge affiliated with domination: the vocabulary of classic nineteenth-century imperial culture is plentiful with words and concepts like "inferior" or "subject races," "subordinate peoples," "dependency," "expansion," and "authority."