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Why is colonialism (still) romanticized?

Farish Ahmad-Noor · TED

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Colonialism remains an inescapable blight on the present, lingering in the toxic, internalized mythologies and stereotypes that have outlived the regimes that created them, says historian Farish Ahmad-Noor. Examining why these prejudices and narratives persist (and sometimes thrive), he suggests a multidisciplinary approach to reject cultural obsessions with romanticized history and prevent this nostalgia from perpetuating past oppressions.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxNTU
Speaker
Farish Ahmad-Noor
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Philosophy
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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