Cultural imperialism

postmodern theorists. One of the common argument among the neo-colonialism intellects of the modern dawn of knowledge is its simplistic nature to say that imperialism came to an end when the European empires relinquished their colonial quest. The darn of this new phenomenon, neocolonialism, is a reason enough the continual manifestation of imperialism in the modern days. Various models and frameworks have been adopted by the Kenyan and foreign researchers to evaluate and analyze the effects of…

death. However, although the intersections of scientific discoveries reformed the individual and house hygiene, this same model was used during peak western imperialism (Tomes 6). Instead of pathologizing a house, western imperial powers began pathologizing whole ethnic classes in foreign…

However by 1914, Japan had grown to be an imperial power itself following various strategies of the western powers after they themselves had been a colony of a European state. After a period of isolation before the onset of the Meiji restoration and the strong emergence as an imperial power one must examine all the characteristics and strategies that Japan had possessed by 1914 to gain imperial power like that of a north Atlantic power. One strategy that served to be important in Japan’s rise…

the terms imperialism and colonization cannot be used in the current society without inciting some political pasts. Even so, some people such as the Europeans believe that the terms do not have adverse connotations and has resulted to most of them claiming that their imperial reach brought forth economic progress in their colonies. However, some human activists have maintained that the role-played by Europe as a colonizer invoked different issues. Issues of colonialism and imperialism have…

Shooting an Elephant An Analysis of the Three Main Messages from Shooting an Elephant Everything that you do in your life cannot be undone. Everything that you say, do, or think, cannot be taken back or be done over again. Everybody that has lived on this earth has made a decision that they later regret. Sometimes, the pain of having regrets can hurt people substantially. George Orwell, early in his life, made a mistake that ultimately affected him for the rest of his life. In Orwell’s Shooting…

not only systematically invest in Black communities, but address communities that suffer from the criminalization of poverty; The section calls for “continued divestment from exploitation of our communities” and most importantly, the systematic, cultural, educational, and economic reparations…

A Warning to Humanity: Imperialism in the Modern Age In the rise of the modern era during the twentieth century, the state of the British Empire began to experience a rather extreme identity crisis due to the growing distaste for imperialism between the many colonial ties that started to question the validity of the relationship to its “Mother Country.” These tensions within the empire that arose due to British colonialism caused colonies to push for a more independent status from their English…

Imperialism is the dominance of one political community over another political community through military force or other means of power. For example, the European imperialism in Africa was accomplished through military conquest and colonization. Colonialism is defined as conquering and settling occupied or unoccupied territory for political and economic benefit. For example, England, Spain and France colonized North America. Europeans justified their actions of colonizing Africa by claiming…

Colonialism took many different forms throughout history; political, economic, social and cultural. Literature itself can serve colonial objectives through the use of a colonial language that describes the Non-western countries as inferior, uneducated, uncultured and uncivilized. This type of colonial discourse mainly serve the colonial powers who give false image about the other in order to emphasize their superiority and to defend the real intentions behind colonizing other countries such as…

forced to look across the sea and use naval expansion overseas as a solution to their financial problems; this was first recognized by Prince Henry “The Navigator”. The ideological aspect was defined by Reinhard in which he states, “ Religious and cultural motives are also crucial. At stake was often a desire to bring true faith to the heathens, true…