Past imperial glory activates fury when present conditions contradict it
Evidence
Rather than extemporaneous passions was the threat of sustained sensibilities, resentments against ongoing unfreedoms, and the political standards they called into question. Outbursts were manageable. It was those durable sentiments, those of parental distress and the wounds of estrangement, that expressed judgment and critique. ā¦ Some sentiments mattered not because they were in conļ¬ict with reason but because they demanded āspeciļ¬c sorts of reasonā that indicated social knowledge of expectations and a rich evaluative vocabulary. ā Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemicā¦, 578 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Cultural violence arises from superiority beliefs fused with underlying group vulnerability ā Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Socialā¦, 96; Colonial fears centered durable resentments rather than momentary passions ā Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemicā¦, 578
Related
- Colonial fears centered durable resentments rather than momentary passions (similarity 0.90)
- Colonial authorities feared steady sensibilities more than emotional outbursts (similarity 0.79)
- Colonial state vocabularies were built on sentiments, not just reason (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Colonial fears centered durable resentments rather than momentary passions
#corroborates(0.72) ā Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemicā¦, 578