Colonial Difference

Dr Philip Holden, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore

POLITICAL DISCOURSE: THEORIES OF COLONIALISM AND POSTCOLONIALISM

The fact that colonialism is fundamentally based upon stressing absolute difference between colonizer and colonized, often in terms of "race." This stark fact undermines any attempts to "reform" colonialism to achieve a modern regime of power.
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