Imperialism and Colonialism Distinction
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>A form of international hierarchy in which one political community effectively governs or controls another political community to form an empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes relations between peoples in the ancient world and through modern Europe according to the text?

    <p>'IMPERIALISM' as a generally useful distinction</p> Signup and view all the answers

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