Colonialization And Post Colonialism

Initially, the concept of colonisation will be explained, including the forces that were driving the colonisation and the usual ways it was achieved. At a general level, the ideologies underpinning the colonisers’ interactions with indigenous peoples will also be described. A comparison will then be made between the experiences of colonisation for Aboriginal peoples

Classical Colonialism occurs when metropolitan nations fuse new territories or peoples through means which are virtually involuntary such as war, conquest, capture, and additional forms of enforcement and control. (Biauner 1987,150) Classical colonialism is distinguished by economic exploitation, forced entry, and cultural imperialism through the establishment of new institutions and methods of thought. (

I support the principle view of the author mentioning of the ultimate outcome of self-determination, is to have the “right to maintain traditional culture, and to protect their land and natural resources” (p.3). It is truly a difficult outcome to achieve and many indigenous communities (tribes) are still struggling with it, including Fiji indigenous communities.

New Imperialism was the third wave of colonial expansion, precursored by Catholic colonialism in the sixteenth century and Mercantile colonialism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. As the nineteenth century began, it became apparent that Europe and the United States were the dominant forces of the world, and that they were in control of defining global society. Proponents of New Imperialism believed that modern expansionism was necessary for economic, political, and cultural purposes that would benefit their own country. Furthermore, proponents also believed that colonization would modernize and incite progress in the civilizations outside of Europe and the United States. Nonetheless, New Imperialism established deep lines of contempt regarding Western power, marked with violence, throughout the world. Therefore, New Imperialism was a paltry act done by the Western world which seems to have produced little benefit.

Indigenous peoples have largely been ignored by International Relations and Conflict Resolution because they are considered subjects of domestic matters; the state in which they reside is supposed to be the one in charge of them. However, the idea of doing this research intends to challenge that perception. Several reasons defend this remark; first, they reside within a state due to arbitrary borders that a colonial mission established. Secondly, international law recognizes them (even though the US context points out to the contrary); after the United Nations Declaration of Indigenous Peoples Rights, they acquired a set of rights, as the right to self-determination, which entitles them with nationhood, recognized with sovereignty as political

Most of the world’s civilized societies today were established through colonialism. It was brought about through greed, necessity for expansion, and discovery. It has left its mark in various ways by the languages we speak, cultural influence, not to mention the lines on the map. Although it has shaped much of history, colonialism is an unequal exploitation of settlements or countries that has left a lot of problems in its wake.

labor and only wanted quick profits. That would be leaving out the southern economic colonies of North America and other factors as well . I could just come down to the fact that North America switched from conquest to colonization faster which pushed its frontiers further, faster and more efficiently than its southern cousin . This could be seen in the popular culture of the time as well. The tails of the American cowboy ever expanding power and territory could be seen as another embodiment or maybe even a replacement of the mountain man as the symbol of American nationalism .

Colonialism is often regarded as one of the greatest atrocities committed by mankind. Throughout history, civilizations have been exploited and oppressed primarily by European settlers that took advantage of indigenous people’s labor and extracted resources from the land. Indigenous people were often treated as slaves by colonizers that profited from the resources that they produced and injected into the global economy. Many regard colonialism as a historical event that human kind has ascended from, however, it still exists in modified and very similar ways in the present. This phenomenon is often referred to as neocolonialism. I will examine the properties of both neocolonialism and classical colonialism by observing their similarities and differences regarding monetary economics and developmental economics and examine the social impact of these perceptions.

The implications of ‘post’ in postcolonialism have always been a matter of discussion. Most critics claim that the word postcolonialism concerns the processes, effects of and reactions to colonialism from the sixteenth century up to the neo-colonialism of the present day.

Due to the influence of Marxist principles, there is some level of confusion in the usage of the terms imperialism and colonialism. This is due to the similarities of their practice, ending in an interchangeably usage of both terms. First, both imperialism and colonialism involve political and economic involvement over a particular territory. However, in the past colonies and empires deferred drastically. colonialism practices the relocation of population to a new territory, while maintaining political adherence to their country. This implies a political control over a territory and a loss of its sovereignty, which involves the suppression of individuals. Referring to the extension of sovereignty over a territory establishing political control over it as a source of power. “The term colony comes from the Latin word

This reflection will discuss the concept of colonialism and post-colonialism, with a particular focus on the impact in planning. Although both concepts are not new, Ania Loomba in her book “Colonialism and Post Colonialism” provides a more exhaustive research on the regards. She argues that colonialism is the physical occupation of territory whereas post colonialism deals with effect of colonization on culture and societies. She also expanded the concepts including two new terms imperialism and Neo-colonialism. This is not only a semantic discussion but also a way to raise awareness of the (over)simplification that many authors have applied to studies in this field.

Although Edward Said is one of the intellectuals who helped start the field of post-colonialism, the topic of colonialism in Orientalism raise the following question: is there such thing as “post-colonialism”? Is colonialism not happening every day in various forms? It seems that the only difference from modern colonialism to its classic meaning is that a ruler representing the colonizer has physically left the colony but colonization, though less visible, still thrives. In our society, the effect of ideas does not try to forcibly control but instead they work by consent because consent allows knowledge to be spread out and to form biases.

Postcolonialism as an individual category was emerged in the 1980s, which is used to represent the period during aftermath of Western colonialism. It is also used to describe a study that rethink and reclaim the history of people subordinated under various forms of imperialism. Postcolonialism, as Wisker points out, is the "Recuperation of history from point of view of the ignored, silenced, other… people whose lives have been erased, ignored and hidden from history" (Wisker 54). It starts for, as Frantz Fanon said, to “find a voice and an identity is to reclaim their own past” (ptd. in Peter, 193), because for centuries European colonising will have belittled or even erased the history and culture of the colonised people, and regarded them as uncivilized savage. Then, as Peter Barry points out, the postcolonial tends to “erode the colonialist ideology by which that past had been devalued” (Peter 193).

The postcolonial era presents various issues for the decolonized nations, like the reconstruction of a government and the maintenance of an economy. In addition to that, the individual identity of the colonized people is a complex issue that they must cope with as well, and it is an issue that is still present today. Compared to the other issues of postcolonialism, the construction of one’s identity might appear trivial; however, there are many problems of postcolonial identity, including the obligation of one to perceive themselves as people do from the outside through stereotypes, and the difficulty of unifying two conflicting identities: one that is created by outside sources, and one that is created through personal experiences.

Postcolonialism is an academic discipline featuring methods of intellectual discourse that analyze, explain, and respond to the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism, to the human consequences of controlling a country and establishing settlers for the economic exploitation of the native people and their land.