Dependent countries had to westernize even when resisting the West

Evidence

The first efforts at modernization were initiated from above. The monarchs who presided over Turkey, Egypt, and Iran looked to the West to find ways to develop their military in order to better defend themselves from colonial conquest. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 299 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Dependent elites believed they had to westernize or perish.; Imperialism itself generated the resistance and revolution that opposed it; Imperialism matured the very social forces that later resisted it (+6 more)

Related

• Muslim monarchs initiated Western-style modernization to defend against colonialism (similarity 0.89)
• Dependent elites believed they had to westernize or perish. (similarity 0.82)
• Modernization theory justified empire by framing other societies as needing outside intervention (similarity 0.79)
• Muhammad Ali’s secular schools created a new colonial intellectual class (similarity 0.79)
• Capitalism and colonialism drove Muslim empires toward secularization (similarity 0.78)
• Modernization theory framed imperial intervention as benevolent external uplift (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Dependent elites believed they had to westernize or perish. #corroborates (0.85)
• Muslim monarchs initiated Western-style modernization to defend against colonialism #exemplifies (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 299
• Imperialism itself generated the resistance and revolution that opposed it #qualifies (0.50)
• Imperialism matured the very social forces that later resisted it #qualifies (0.50)