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Critics of Imperialism
1. J. A. Hobson (1858–1940)
2. Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
3. Other Criticisms
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J. A. Hobson
1902
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John Atkinson Hobson
• English economist and critic of imperialism
• His focus was on industrial capitalism as the driving force of imperialism
• In his book, Imperialism, Hobson argued that imperial expansion was driven by a search for new markets and opportunities for investment overseas
• strong opponent of the Boer War, Hobson condemned it as a "conflict orchestrated by and fought for the preservation of finance capitalism at the expense of the working class."
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Hobson
• Condemned white imperialist rule over non-whites
• Said double standard existed: Europeans fought for representative gov’t and liberties, but didn’t extend it to their colonies!
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Joseph Conrad
1899
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Conrad & the Heart of Darkness• J oseph Conrad did not
begin to learn English until he was twenty-one years old. Was born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski on Dec. 3, 1857, in the Polish Ukraine.
• Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English even though he didn’t speak English as indicated above.
• Imperialism is at the center of Heart of Darkness.
• Heart of Darkness was one of the first literary texts to provide a critical view of European imperial activities
• Conrad’s decision to set the book in a Belgian colony and to have Marlow work for a Belgian trading concern made it even easier for British readers to avoid seeing themselves reflected in Heart of Darkness. Although these early reactions seem ludicrous to a modern reader, they reinforce the novella’s central themes of hypocrisy and absurdity.
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Conrad
• Castigated the “pure selfishness” of Europeans in “civilizing” Africa; the main character, once a liberal scholar, turns into a savage brute
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Other Criticism’s
• Europeans were winning liberal freedoms at home (representative government, civil liberties, equality of opportunity), but imposing the opposite on their colonies (military dictatorships, forced labor, discrimination).