Liberal tolerance rhetoric collapses back into a justification for global rule

Evidence

Additional tasks? What are they, if not the tasks of ruling the world? Increased responsibility? What is it, if not responsibility for the world? And Caillois-Atlas charitably plants his feet firmly in the dust and once again raises to his sturdy shoulders the inevitable white man’s burden. — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 240

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly anticipates critiques of humanitarian intervention and civilizing-mission rhetoric in the Islamophobia corpus. — connects to: Liberal World Government would eliminate authentic politics among peoples; Liberal tolerance disguises cultural privilege and collapses into assimilation demands when tested.; Liberal state neutrality presupposes cultural homogeneity among the governed — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 358 (+2 more)

Broader Connections