the rise and fall of eu empires Flashcards
3 things that define imperial expansion
- process of destruction
- process of creation
- major consequences to this day like migration, inequality
when does european imperialism first begin?
1492
when does decolonization mostly happen?
1950-70s
what’s an empire? (3)
- large multinational unit
- created by conquest
- divided between dominant center and subordinate periphery
6 core characteristics of an empire
- direct and indirect rule
- established and maintained through violence
- dominant core exploiting the periphery
- cultural differences between core and periphery
- european empires associated with pseudo scientific racial hierarchies
- mass movement of people - voluntary / involuntary
what’s imperialism?
the actions and attitudes which create or uphold such big political unit, or less obvious kinds of domination.
what’s colonialism?
system of legal rule where one claims exclusive sovereignty over another.
you can’t have (1) without (2)
- colonialism
- imperialism
(colonialism is more specific)
what’s neo-imperialism?
postcolonial situations where an outside power has a hidden influence that resemble older patterns
what’s an example of neo-imperialism?
the cfa frank- french colonies in africa used a currency called franc and it was pegged to the euro which meant they didn’t have sovereignty over monetary policy.
empirical eurocentricism
only looking at the west
methodological eurocentricism
painting europe as the self-made driver of modernity even when looking beyond europe
historical priority
europe is the driver of history
universal stagism
societies move through stages that europe has had
linear developmentalism
universal stages of linear development- only one road to modernity
