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The Case for Colonialism

By: Bruce Gilley
Narrated by: Warren du Plooy
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“For the last hundred years, Western colonialism has had a bad name.” So began Professor Bruce Gilley’s watershed academic article, “The Case for Colonialism,” of 2017. The article sparked a global furor. Critics and defenders of Gilley’s argument battled it out in the court of public opinion. The Times of London described Gilley as “probably the academic most likely to be no-platformed in Britain.” The New York Times called him one of the “panicky white bros” who “proclaim ever more rowdily that the (white) West was, and is, best” and are “busy recyclers of Western supremacism.” In this book, Gilley responds to the critics and elaborates on the case for colonialism. The critics have no evidence for their claims, he asserts. The case for colonialism is robust no matter which colonizer or colonized area one examines. Patient, empirical, humorous, and not a little exasperated by anti-colonial ideologues, Gilley here sets a challenge for the next generation of scholars of colonialism. “It is time to make the case for colonialism again,” he writes.

©2023 Bruce Gilley (P)2024 New English Review Press Politics & Government World Colonial Period Witty

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The actual history he goes into is excellent. Iconoclastic & makes you want more. The unevenness is slightly disappointing as, with a decent edit, this would be up there with the best of Sowell.

Great fun but uneven

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Bruce gives so many great references to show why colonialism was not as bid as what we get told. Quite the opposite. So much for de-conolisation.

Excellent and insightful

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