Egyptian anti-British nationalists still endorsed civilizational hierarchy and empire in Sudan

Evidence

Although he strongly protested the British occupation of Egypt, Fawzï believed fully in the idea of a hierarchy of civilizations in the world of the late nineteenth century, according to which schema the advanced cultures bore both the right and the responsibility to colonize and “civilize” societies considered less developed. In Fawzï’s perception, the acts of empire united a culture and made it a nation; the agents of his empire were therefore Egyptians, native-born and nationalist-minded. … Ibrahïm Fawzï was an enforcer of colonialism in the Sudan and a colonized subject at home in Cairo. His memoirs offer a unique glimpse into one patriot who could attempt to bridge the contradictions of early Egyptian nationalism. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 510

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• XREF: Exemplifies ‘sub-imperialism’ found in other colonial literatures (e.g., Brazil, Japan, South Africa) where the colonized themselves become colonizers.
• DEFINE: Concrete instance of how civilizational-hierarchy ideology could be wielded by non-Europeans against other Africans.

Related

• Egyptian anti-imperial nationalists embraced the civilizing mission against Sudan (similarity 0.96)
• Egyptian nationalist empire-building co-opted British instruments of hegemony yet still failed (similarity 0.93)
• Egyptian nationalism combined anti-imperialism with its own imperial claims over Sudan (similarity 0.92)
• Egyptian nationalists could oppose British rule yet embrace civilizing-mission colonialism. (similarity 0.91)
• Egyptian nationalists reproduced British colonial hierarchies against the Sudanese. (similarity 0.90)
• Egyptian nationalists could be colonizers in Sudan while colonized at home (similarity 0.88)
• Some Egyptians saw themselves as empire builders in Sudan, not merely colonial subjects (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalism reproduced colonial racial hierarchy toward the Sudan internally (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed primacy among all colonizers of Sudan. (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed Sudan as inseparable from Egypt while denouncing British imperialism (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed Sudan as part of Egypt while denying it was a colony (similarity 0.87)
• Egyptian anti-colonial nationalists simultaneously dreamed of dominating the Sudan (similarity 0.86)
• Egypt’s anti-imperialism was entangled with ambitions to recolonize the Sudan (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian nationalists framed Sudan as family bound to Egyptian dictates, silencing Sudanese protest (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalist politics challenged British rule but not internal social hierarchies (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian nationalism reproduced colonial racial hierarchy toward the Sudan internally #corroborates (0.90) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 316
• Egyptian nationalists, however anti-colonial, retained racial prejudice against Sudanese #corroborates (0.90) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1063
• Egyptian nationalists adopted British colonial categories to justify dominating the Sudanese. #corroborates (0.85) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 753
• Egyptian nationalism combined British colonization with eagerness to recolonize the Sudan #expands (0.85) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 54
• Egyptian nationalism was defined against the Sudanese as racial other #expands (0.80)
• Egyptian nationalists redefined the Sudan as part of Egypt to mask colonial domination #expands (0.80) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 771
• Egyptian nationalism hardened into racial contempt for the Sudan #expands (0.75)
• Egyptian nationalism treated the Sudan as a proof of national virility #exemplifies (0.60) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 726