For a long time, Europe's colonizing powers justified their urge for expansion with the conviction that they were 'bringing civilization to territories where civilization was lacking.' This doctrine of white superiority and indigenous inferiority was accompanied by a boundless exploitation of local labor. Under colonial rule, the ideology that later became known as neoliberalism was free to subject labor to a capitalism tainted by racialized policies. This political economy has now become dominant in the Western world, too, and has reversed the trend towards equality. In Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism, Jan Breman shows how racial favoritism is no longer contained to 'faraway, indigenous peoples', but has become a source of polarization within Western societies as well.
| ISBN: | 9781041177203 |
| Publication date: | 1st December 2025 |
| Author: | Jan Breman |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Genres: |
Colonialism and imperialism Social discrimination and social justice Political economy |
For a long time, Europe's colonizing powers justified their urge for expansion with the conviction that they were 'bringing civilization to territories where civilization was lacking.' This doctrine of white superiority and indigenous inferiority was accompanied by a boundless exploitation of local labor. Under colonial rule, the ideology that later became known as neoliberalism was free to subject labor to a capitalism tainted by racialized policies. This political economy has now become dominant in the Western world, too, and has reversed the trend towards equality. In Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism, Jan Breman shows how racial favoritism is no longer contained to 'faraway, indigenous peoples', but has become a source of polarization within Western societies as well.
Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism features in the following genres: Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Political economy
Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism is available in Paperback, Hardback
Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism was written by Jan Breman and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism has 432 pages
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