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- Explores the great changes in European society from the late eighteenth century to the Russian Revolution (1750 - 1917, excluding the First World War), and their impact on the non-Western world
- Developments in non-Western countries during this period are examined from their own internal perspective
- Topics include: industrialization, the rise of nationalism and the nation-state, Western imperialism, and the colonial experience
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| nesmith | The Benefits of British Rule (1871) by Dadabhai Naoroji | 1 | Apr 5 2009, 7:35 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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Dadabhai Naoroji writes on the benefits and detriments of British rule on India. He says that the British rule has "morally been a great blessing" (220). The British are not oppressing the people and are giving equal opportunity to both genders when it comes to education. Hindu widows are allowed to remarry, charitable aid will be given in time of famine, abolition of infanticide and the destruction of pests to the Indian society is part of the glorious work of the British (219). Politically there will be freedom of speech and press, security of life and property, and freedom from oppression. Naoroji is praising the work that the British is doing to improve India. He says that the "genius and spirit of the British people is fair play and justice," meaning that the British are not selfishly trying to take control of India for their own benefit and exploitation of India, but rather that of helping out a neighbor in need (220).
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| Hyang | Johann Gottfried von Herder - Materials for the Philosophy of the Hist | 0 | Mar 20 2009, 9:10 PM EDT by Hyang | ||
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Johann Gottfried von Herder writes of cultural nationalism in his Materials for the Philosophy of the History of Mankind. He is a German scholar who says that Germany is brought together through a shared language and shared customs which make it unique to other nations. He states the idea of a nation is natural like families are natural. “Nature brings forth families; the most natural state therefore is also one people, with a national character of its own.” He also states that “An empire made up of a hundred peoples and 120 provinces which have been forced together is a monstrosity, not a state-body.” Thus he believes in a form of a nation of a singular community of people bound together by a common language and history.
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| Hyang | Thomas Paine - The Rights of Man | 0 | Mar 20 2009, 9:09 PM EDT by Hyang | ||
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Thomas Paine argues against Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France in his work, The Rights of Man. He claims that men have rights that are innate, that they are born with. He states that “every generation is equal in rights to the generations which preceded it, by the same rule that every individual is born equal in rights with his contemporary.” Making his point that all men are equal in their rights, he moves on to claim that men came into the world to have their rights “better secured.” He makes a distinction between natural and civil rights. Natural rights are rights belonging to the individual from birth. Civil rights are rights that the individual has in relation to being part of a larger community. He uses theories by Locke to support his claims. He also makes the point that “every civil right has for its foundation some natural right pre-existing in the individual.” Thus, while he makes the distinction between a civil and natural right, he is able to tie them together.
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