Chapter 2 - Colonialism + Post-Col Dvmnt

Question 1

post-colonial theory

Answer 1

• examines continuing impact of colonialism on post-col dvmt
• follows on orientalism, focus on imperial intent rather than colonial consequence
• col-ism as transformative rather than transitory, hard to rearrange intl hierarchy created from col-ism

Question 2

theory of extraversion (Bayart)

Answer 2

• theory of African political behavior arguing that, historically, the relatively weak dvmt of the continent’s productive forces + its internal social struggles made African political actors more disposed to mobilize resources from their relationship with the external environment
• favoring trade/commerce over manufacturing

Question 3

colonial authority as arterial

Answer 3

• strong @ nodal points of colonial authority
• less able to impose its discursive grid elsewhere bc colonial intent = rule the cheap
• colonial state was coercive + extractive, yet thin, wt local collaborators

Question 4

effect of cheap colonialism

Answer 4

uneven dvmt + wide disparities btwn small Westernized elites and the rest