Western Imperialism And The Holocaust

justify to themselves that they are immoral. Both western imperialism and the Holocaust had their atrocities justified by the illusion of progress. Even though numerous millions of people were slaughtered in these campaigns, many of the people doing the killing, believed that it was for the greater good. Western imperialism used the notion of bettering the native population and expansion in order to justify their mass killings. On the other hand, the Holocaust rationalized its

global market. The introduction of imperialism became as a direct result of industrialization. Imperialism created a race to expand empires. Industrialization forced country leaders to expand the size of their country, countries needed to acquire new colonies to support the growth. Acquiring new ground, for the expansion of industry resulted in taking what belonged to other people, either by submission or by force. Therefore, industrialization created imperialism and aggression. The initial development

Views on Humanity As countries expands its ability to function, humanity expands it race evolve its existence. The introduction of imperialism became a direct result of industrialization creating a race to expand empires. To expand the size on a country, countries will need to acquire new colonies. Acquiring new ground for the expansion is a direct result in taking what belonged to another, either by submission or with force. With the conflicts leading to World War I, humanity faced new horrors

of cultural imperialism originated from what is called ‘soft power’. The hypothesis of electronic expansionism stretches out the issue to worldwide social issues and the effect of major multi-media corporations, going from Viacom, Time-Warner, Disney, News Corp, Sony, to Google and Microsoft with the attention on the hegemonic power of these primarily United States-based communication mammoths. When discussing about cultural imperialism, it frequently alludes to the expansion of Western ideas, goods

powers such as Britain. However, Hitler and the Nazis also maintained a sense of Aryan racial superiority, believing all other races were inferior to the Germans, especially Jews. They called for a complete ethnic cleansing, thus resulting in the Holocaust. As horrific as these beliefs were, they were made possible through a remarkable faith in Hitler and the Nazi Party. The extremist actions taken within Nazi Germany can be traced back to a desire for nationalism due to the results of the Treaty of

Industrialization and Imperialism were the two main reasons conflict occurred around the globe. No matter if it was industrialization of Europe or the lack there of in China. Imperialism would cause issues for places like Germany and China in completely different ways. Both imperialism and industrialization had positives and negatives, a lot was based off where you were located on the globe, how strong was your empire, and who were your allies. Both go hand in hand with each other as they would cause

The Cambodian Genocide was the result of imperialism, ethnic supremacy, ultra-nationalism, anti-colonialism, a power grab, and religion. It began with the Cambodian people struggling against French colonization and grew in inspiration from Vietnam (end genocide). The French believed that Cambodia was a gateway into China to expand their trade with Southeast Asia. The French occupied southern Vietnam and wanted to expand their territory. There were many civil wars and invasions in Cambodia fought

the veil to Western Capitalism in her piece and discusses how the wearing of the veil is has a positive or negative on the Western labor industry. She describes how the hijab (similar to veil) itself can be seen as “an act of moral resistance to the cultural imperialism of the West, including the routine commodification of women and their sexuality under capitalism” (Cotter, “Veil vs. Prada”). In other words, when agreeing to wear the veil, you are also protesting cultural imperialism of the

European society. As time went on, however, world saw Europeans transition from oppressing brown people to oppressing brown as well as white people seen as “not fully white”, such as the Jews, Spaniards, and Italians. This led to cruelties like the Holocaust, which finally alarmed Europeans into halting their imperialistic agenda. Although the height of brown colonization has ended, we unfortunately still see its effects today. Many Westerners do not see this, however, because of the West’s lack of understanding

Social Darwinism was a sociological theory that merged Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection and the work of Herbert Spencer, Malthus, and other scientific and sociological theorists to justify imperialism, racism, and conservative economic policies. The overall acceptance of the power of nature in defining human beings developed during the 18th century Enlightenment. Europe’s exploration not only brought about immense economic and agricultural growth, but also exposed them to “human behavior