Contested hegemony: the great war and the Afro-Asian assault on the civilizing mission ideology.

From: Journal of World History | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Adas, Michael | Copyright information

The civilizing mission has been traditionally seen as an ideology by which late nineteenth century Europeans rationalized their colonial domination of the rest of humankind. Formulations of this ideology varied widely from those of thinkers or colonial administrators who stressed the internal pacification and political order that European colonization extended to "barbaric" and "savage" peoples suffering from incessant warfare and despotic rule, to those of missionaries and reforme...

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