colonialism essay

Question 1

3 paras

Answer 1

other
religious justification for colonialism
impact of colonialism on evolution of religion and reconstructing identity

Question 2

1 - the other

Answer 2

said - linked with theme of power
language and power
latent orientalism i.e. childlike 
relationship defined in terms of contrasts 
other = deprived of voice

Question 3

1 - ao2

Answer 3

other factors such as ethnicity rather than religion - mounts
dante - islam as an ignorant form of christianity - engrained nature of western superiority
hierarchy within a single religion - weber
shows how othering as a process continues to be relevant in studies of religion separate to colonialism

Question 4

2 - religion as force of authority

Answer 4

manifest orientalist
altruistic encouragement of modernisation
synthesise religious practice with state rule
e.g. bengal and help from brahmins
- link to history of hinduism as having no definite starting point and comprising of many different traditions
Robinson Crusoe, Friday as exemplary savage
- link to missionary work

Question 5

2 - ao2

Answer 5

religon masks territorial motives
religion as tool for manipulation - altruism = facade
also see victims use of religion as a tool of resistance e.g. santal rebellion
religion = disguise for political motivations and empowering re. rebellion against colonial injustice

Question 6

3 - evolution of religion

Answer 6

teleology
homogenising effect of the west
e.g. Geertz

Question 7

3 - ao2

Answer 7

reductive?
but…asad and Rushdie affair
colonialism still shapes modern day perceptions of religion e.g. modern day present of other i.e. seen in islamic women