Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism A Postcolonial Chronicle of Dutch and Belgian Practice
For a long time, Europe's colonizing powers justified their urge for expansion with the conviction that they were 'bringing civilization to territories where civilization was lacking.' This doctrine of white superiority and indigenous inferiority was accompanied by a boundless exploit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2024
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| Summary: | For a long time, Europe's colonizing powers justified their urge for expansion with the conviction that they were 'bringing civilization to territories where civilization was lacking.' This doctrine of white superiority and indigenous inferiority was accompanied by a boundless exploitation of local labor. Under colonial rule, the ideology that later became known as neoliberalism was free to subject labor to a capitalism tainted by racialized policies. This political economy has now become dominant in the Western world, too, and has reversed the trend towards equality. In <cite>Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism</cite>, Jan Breman shows how racial favoritism is no longer contained to 'faraway, indigenous peoples,' but has become a source of polarization within Western societies as well |
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| Item Description: | "Amsterdam University Press". - Prologue I Imperialism, Its Ideology and Practice of Racial Inequality 1. Colonialism and racism 2. Alexis de Tocqueville on class and race II The Coolie Scandal at Sumatra's East Coast 3. Dutch colonialism and its racial imprint 4. Coolie labour and colonial capitalism 5. A crafty lawyer of shady deals III Civilisation and Racism 6. A state of terror. Leopold II's Congo 7. Colonial development 8. Whistleblowers of Belgian colonialism IV The Denial of National Freedom 9. The color line as the crux of colonial rule 10. Christianization and capitalism. The religious fervour of ethical politics 11. Indonesia's decolonization impaired 12. The last colonial war and its impact on Indonesia's independence Development Aid as the Postcolonial Globalization of Capitalism 13. Spreading Dutch welfarism in the Global South 14. Development aid abandoned, mission achieved 15. W.F. Wertheim, a sociological chronicler of revolutionary change Epilogue |
| Physical Description: | 422 pages illustrations |