Colonialism, Capitalism and Racism

A Postcolonial Chronicle of Dutch and Belgian Practice

Bibliographic Data

ID5768705
AuthorsJan Breman (0000-0002-0555-4315, corresponding author)
EditorsAndy Brown (0000-0001-9692-2154)
Year2024
Publication date2024-03-14
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueColonialism, Capitalism and Racism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherAmsterdam University Press (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1515/9789048559923
OpenAlexW4393270895
ISBN9789048559923
LanguageEN
References cited26

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

Capitalism · Colonialism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access