Egyptian writers occupied a colonialist limbo between Ottoman and British rule

Evidence

Too often scholars of nationalism and imperialism collapse the historical complexities into overly simplistic theoretical binary relationships such as colonizer/colonized. This particular moment in 1840 shows Egypt standing at empire’s edge, where meanings of empire were no longer being formed in the Ottoman model, but along a new European pattern. In the Egyptian case, the word imperialism fits this temporal limbo; this imperialism was embarked upon in the name of a future state. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 213 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egyptian imperialism in 1840 straddled Ottoman and European models for a future state; Egyptian writers viewed Egypt as nested within three simultaneous empires.; Egyptian writers occupied a colonial limbo unlike other colonized literatures (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian writers occupied a colonial limbo unlike other colonized literatures #expands (0.90)
• Egypt’s informal British occupation contrasted with its formal 1821 colonial rule over the Sudan #qualifies (0.85)
• Egypt faced triple colonial pressure from Ottomans, British, and Mahdist Sudan #expands (0.80)
• Egypt practiced imperialism in a temporal limbo between Ottoman and European models. #complicates (0.80) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 213