The British Empire has generally been seen as a racist empire (most influentially in Edward Said's "Ornamentalism"). While not wholly denying this, Cannadine, in this funny, often horrifying book, suggests a different dynamic. The British rulers were motivated not by race but by class - they loathed Indians or Africans no more or less than they loathed the great majority of Englishmen, dreaming of an empire based on deference and feudalism. The often farcical gap between these views and reality make "Ornamentalism" both highly enjoyable and extremely provocative for anyone wishing to understand how the British Empire really worked.
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與薩義德的東方主義一起看,獲得一個關於帝國的全景鏡頭
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評分與薩義德的東方主義一起看,獲得一個關於帝國的全景鏡頭
評分隻讀瞭一小部分,剩下的隻能留到五月再繼續瞭,前言中對metropole and colony的帝國敘事和後殖民主義敘事各自遭受的批評總結的挺好,大概看瞭一下書評,對這本書都是冷嘲熱諷。這位作者真喜歡用排比句和押韻,什麼reorient Orientalism...
Ornamentalism 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載