There was nothing "natural" about monoculture. It was a consequence of imperialist requirements and machinations, extending into areas that were politically independent in name. Monoculture was a characteristic of regions falling under imperialist domination. (查看原文)
欧洲殖民者进入非洲后彻底打乱了其原本的发展轨迹。在一系列的盘剥之后，殖民者试图美化其剥削为“发展”非洲。然而事实胜于雄辩。
Indeed, what was called "the development of Africa" by the colonialists was a cynical shorthand expression for "the intensification of colonial exploitation in Africa to develop capitalist Europe." The analysis has gone beyond that to demonstrate that numerous false claims are made purporting to show that Europe developed Africa in the sense of bringing about social order, nationalism, and economic modernisation. However, all of that would still not permit the conclusion that colonialism had a negative impact on Africa's development. In offering the view that colonialism was negative, the aim is to draw attention to the way that previous African development was blunted, halted, and turned back. In place of that interruption and... (查看原文)
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1 有用 Elysiumfall 2021-05-02 19:06:36
对“white man's burden"最好的反驳。罗德尼同时也是一位献身的革命者，令人敬佩。
0 有用 肇 2025-05-18 05:01:59 黑龙江
对这本书的臧否很大程度上来说只是对“第三世界主义的革命愿景”给出看法而已。这本书或许很“老”，但恐怕恰恰因为老，更应该惭愧（或者被质疑）的，是那些当下依然在幻想某种聊胜于无的基于主权的“易帜”或再划界即康庄大道、问题终结的人们。
1 有用 薄暮秋风起 2019-09-29 16:30:23
传统左翼的第三世界剥削理论
7 有用 倾听你的声音 2019-07-14 09:51:26
欧洲一直把非洲当作自己的“宠物”。会按照自己的喜好，来指定这个宠物的生长过程。开始是采用奴隶贸易来控制它，之后是殖民它，最后是通过设定非洲是后花园的方式。这就是非洲从来没有真正的独立的原因，也是非洲不可能发达的原因。
6 有用 小叮做事小叮当 2020-05-20 14:50:34
在欠发达国家，当人口出现过剩现象时，其五分之四的国民每天摄入的热量不到2000焦耳，只有五分之一的国民可以享受均衡营养，在这种情形之下，谁相信民主制度会自发生成？即使外界力量强加给这个国家以民主制度，或者政府自上而下强行推广民主制度，它又怎能存活？