Was Colonialism in Asia Good or Bad?

Posted by Ed (265 days ago)

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The British empire, George Orwell wrote, was "despotism with theft as its final object". So what has made imperialism an intellectual fashion in our own time, reopening hoary disputes about whether it was good or bad?

As a colonial policeman in Burma, where he found himself shooting an elephant to affirm the white man's right to rule, Orwell was convinced that the imperial relationship was that of "slave and master". Was the master good or bad?

Read more http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/27/ruins-of-empire-pankaj-mishra

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Posted by Angelique Bouchard (260 days ago)

http://julesu.blogspot.hk/2008/08/colonialism-good-or-bad.html#!/2008/08/colonialism-good-or-bad.html

Just found an interesting article. Have a look...

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Posted by climax (48 days ago)

Not as bad as the fact that I'm in a country that doesn't allow me to freely express my opinion on this topic.

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