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What does Edward Said distinguish as 'IMPERIALISM'?
What does Edward Said distinguish as 'IMPERIALISM'?
- The practice, theory, and attitudes of a dominating metropolitan centre ruling a distant territory (correct)
- The ideological force of European colonialism
- The historically specific form of imperial expansion
- The implanting of settlements on distant territory
What keeps modern European empires in distant territories according to Edward Said?
What keeps modern European empires in distant territories according to Edward Said?
- Historical specificity of imperial expansion
- Systematic looting and leaving
- Simple greed
- Massively reinforced notions of the CIVILIZING MISSION (correct)
What does European colonialism in the post Renaissance world justify its current general usage as, according to Ashcroft et al?
What does European colonialism in the post Renaissance world justify its current general usage as, according to Ashcroft et al?
- An ancient political institution
- A historically unspecific form of imperial expansion
- A distinctive kind of political ideology (correct)
- A consequence of imperialism
What is IMPERIALISM according to the text?
What is IMPERIALISM according to the text?
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What characterizes relations between peoples in the ancient world and through modern Europe according to the text?
What characterizes relations between peoples in the ancient world and through modern Europe according to the text?
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