Imperialism and Resistance

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This subfield focuses on the ways in which colonized societies resisted and struggled against imperialism practices.

Motivations for imperialism: This topic explores the reasons why certain countries sought to expand their empires, which often included economic gain, colonization, and strategic military positioning.
Methods of imperialism: This topic delves into the various methods and tactics used by imperialist powers to establish control over foreign territories, such as military force, cultural hegemony, and economic domination.
Colonialism and colonization: This topic focuses on the history and ramifications of colonization, including the exploitation of resources, violence against native populations, and the creation of lasting power imbalances.
Resistance movements: This topic examines how colonized societies responded to imperialist domination, including various forms of resistance such as armed uprisings, peaceful protests, and cultural revitalization movements.
Imperialist powers and their territories: This topic covers the various countries and empires that participated in imperialism, including Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.
Economic imperialism: This topic delves into the economic motivations behind imperialism, including access to resources, markets, and labor.
Cultural imperialism: This topic analyses how imperialism and colonization impacted the cultures of the colonized societies through language, religion, and education.
Post-colonialism: This topic explores the lasting impact of imperialism on the world today, including ongoing economic and political inequalities, cultural hybridity, and the legacy of colonialism in contemporary society.
Imperialism and globalization: This topic examines how imperialism contributed to the development and continued expansion of globalization, including the role of multinational corporations and economic policies in perpetuating global inequalities.
Decolonization: This topic focuses on the process of decolonization that began after World War II, including the struggles of colonized societies to gain independence, the rise of nationalist movements, and the impact of Cold War politics on the struggle for decolonization.
"Anti-imperialism in political science and international relations is opposition to imperialism or neocolonialism."
"Anti-imperialist sentiment typically manifests as a political principle in independence struggles against intervention or influence from a global superpower, as well as in opposition to colonial rule."
"Anti-imperialism can also arise from a specific economic theory, such as in the Leninist interpretation of imperialism, which is derived from Lenin's 1917 work Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism."
"People who categorize themselves as anti-imperialists often state that they are opposed to colonialism, colonial empires, hegemony, imperialism, and the territorial expansion of a country beyond its established borders."
"An influential movement independent of the Western Left that advocated religious anti-imperialism was Pan-Islamism; which challenged the Western civilizational model and rose to prominence across various parts of the Islamic World during the 19th and 20th centuries."
"Its most influential ideologue was the Sunni theologian Muhammad Rashid Rida, a fierce opponent of Western ideas, who called upon Muslims to rise up in armed resistance by waging Jihad against imperialism and re-establish an Islamic Caliphate."
"Lenin accused the anti-imperialism of Pan-Islamists of favoring the interests of the bourgeoisie, feudal landlords, and religious clerics; and enjoined fellow communists to compulsorily fight Pan-Islamism."
"Since then, Soviet authorities regularly employed the charge of Pan-Islamism to target Islamic dissidents for anti-Soviet activities and fomenting anti-communist rebellions."
"The phrase gained wide currency after the Second World War and at the onset of the Cold War as political movements in colonies of European powers promoted national sovereignty."
"Some anti-imperialist groups who opposed the United States supported the power of the Soviet Union."
"In some Marxist schools, such as Maoism, this was criticized as social imperialism."
"Islamist movements traditionally view Russia and China as imperial and neo-colonial forces engaged in persecution and oppression of Muslim communities domestically and abroad, in addition to the U.S. and its allies like Israel." Please note that the chosen quotes directly address the study questions, but the answers might not be complete or exhaustive. Further analysis of the text might be required for a comprehensive understanding.