Final Flashcards
Ndansi Kumalo
Resisting Imperialism
What is Resisting Imperialism about?
Story of white men invading Africa. 2 wars broke out. Whites abused, molested, and enslaved Africans. However, Africans got better education, technology.
Jules Ferry
Defending Conquest
What is Defending Conquest about?
French politician advocating imperialism into Africa and Asia for political, economic, and moral reasons
Ernest Edwin Williams
Made in Germany
What is Made in Germany about?
Germany was an emerging superpower; Britain was on the decline. Williams gave stats of the omnipresence of German products
Richard Kipling
The White Man’s Burden
What is the White Man’s Burden about?
Response to American takeover of Philippines. Halfway between critic and advocate.
Emile Zola
J’accuse
What is J’accuse about?
Says there was a cover-up in the Dreyfus affair. Birth of modern human rights.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Speech from the Dock
What was Speech from the Dock about?
Speech given to defend women’s advocates’ tactics. War against a patriarchal society.
Sigmund Freud
Trapping the Human Psyche
What was Trapping the Human Psyche about?
Interpretation of dreams. Stands against imperialism, conquest, and points to fallacy of self-control and self-understanding.
Eugenism
The Idealized Family
What is the Idealized Family about?
People with bad genetics should be sterilized or controlled - need to improve racial quality of the population