Colonial power legitimated itself by imagining Egyptians as raw material

Evidence

This observation, then, complements Ahmad’s point about Said not addressing the existence of colonialist tendencies in the colonized, and it adds another transitive meaning to the verb in the title Mitchell chose for his book: colonizing Egypt—a country that was both object and subject. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 83 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial power was simultaneously microphysical and metaphysical in its operation; Egypt functioned simultaneously as colonialism’s object and as its active subject — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 83; Colonial descriptions of disorder doubled as portraits of Egyptian society needing reform — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 283

Broader Connections

• Egypt functioned simultaneously as colonialism’s object and as its active subject #complicates (0.78) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 83