Early Dutch occupation of Java operated without Orientalist ideology

Evidence

That Germany “did not have colonies” (partially incorrect) is an argument that bolsters my thesis to the effect that, irrespective of varied forms of colonialism, modern structures of thought operated in principle in the same way wherever they were to be found. That German Orientalism behaved differently before the Third Reich—arguing for Asian rather than Judeo-Christians origins of Germania and Europa—is no less damning, in the sense that certain components of it exhibited anti-Semitism while others were “enrolled in a highly significant revision of German rhetoric about identity formation, both individual and cultural.” — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 534 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Dutch Orientalism fabricated a legal duality still unresolved in Indonesia — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 251; German Orientalism reproduced colonial logic without needing actual colonies — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 534; Early Dutch racial views mixed biblical egalitarianism with cultural superiority (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• German Orientalism reproduced colonial logic without needing actual colonies #complicates (0.72) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 534