imperialisms
Expansionist national policies
Imperialisms is the plural of imperialism, the policy or practice of extending a nation's power through territorial acquisition or political and economic domination of other peoples.
The plural appears when distinguishing varieties or instances: European imperialisms differed in their approaches to colonial administration.
It also appears in theoretical discussions comparing imperial projects across history: the imperialisms of Rome and Britain.
Domination through foreign settlement
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- expansionismPolicy of territorial growth
- dominationSupreme authority held
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
subjugation · conquest · sovereignty · territorial · occupation · puppet states · spheres of influence · protectorates
Foreign territorial takeover
- scramble for AfricaEuropean colonial rush, 1880s-1900s
- RajIndian name meaning sovereign
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
Mongol · Spanish conquest · Belgian Congo · Dutch East Indies · French Indochina · partition · decolonization · independence movements
Adopting Euro-American practices
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- erasureAct of wiping away
- soft powerInfluence through appeal
homogenization · civilizing mission · orientalism · exoticism · appropriation · education systems · religious conversion · cultural hegemony
Selfish use of others
- extractionAct of removing
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- monopoliesExclusive market control
- debt trapsLoans structured to perpetuate obligation
neocolonialism · globalization · multinationals · underdevelopment · privatization · foreign investment · cash crops · plantations
Expressed verbally, past tense
- postcolonialismStudy of imperial aftermath
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- otheringViewing as fundamentally different
subaltern · hegemony · Gramsci · world-systems · dependency · critique · deconstruction · ideology
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- expansionismPolicy of territorial growth
- dominationSupreme authority held
annexation · subjugation · conquest · sovereignty · territorial · occupation · puppet states · spheres of influence · protectorates · mandates
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- scramble for AfricaEuropean colonial rush, 1880s-1900s
- RajIndian name meaning sovereign
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
Roman · Mongol · Spanish conquest · Belgian Congo · Dutch East Indies · French Indochina · partition · decolonization · independence movements · anticolonial
westernization
Adopting Euro-American practices
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- erasureAct of wiping away
soft power · homogenization · civilizing mission · orientalism · exoticism · appropriation · education systems · religious conversion · cultural hegemony · propaganda
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- extractionAct of removing
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- monopoliesExclusive market control
debt traps · neocolonialism · globalization · multinationals · underdevelopment · privatization · foreign investment · cash crops · plantations · commodification
Said
Expressed verbally, past tense
- postcolonialismStudy of imperial aftermath
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
othering · subaltern · hegemony · Gramsci · world-systems · dependency · critique · deconstruction · ideology · power structures
imperialismsisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
non-interventionism · neutrality · withdrawal · disengagement · insularity
imperialismsself-determination
Control over one's fate
independence · sovereignty · autonomy · self-rule · decolonization
imperialismsanti-imperialism
Opposition to foreign domination
internationalism · multilateralism · egalitarianism · cosmopolitanism
- American imperialismSuperpower extending dominance globally
- British imperialismUK's historical global dominance
- cultural imperialismDominant society imposing its ways
- European imperialismWestern domination of foreign lands
- Western imperialismEuropean domination of foreign lands
- French imperialismColonial expansion by Paris