The Orientals-cannot-self-govern claim runs from Oriental despotism through modernization theory

Evidence

Like so many Orientalists who came after him, Anquetil-Duperron was fiercely anti-imperialist. In the introduction to another work, Le Despotisme considéré dans les trois états où il passe pour être, la Turquie, la Perse et l’Hindoustan, he expressed his fear that the concept of Oriental despotism had been summoned up by certain Western thinkers in order to justify the oppressive rule of Europeans over Asia. In many respects, Anquetil-Duperron antipated the main tenets of Said’s Orientalism, though Said, who discusses him, chooses not to mention this. — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 223 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modernization theory framed imperial intervention as benevolent external uplift — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 247; Modernization theory attributed underdevelopment to internal cultural deficits in the colonized — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 248; Modernization theory pathologized Middle Eastern people as lacking empathy — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 250 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Orientalist and modernization theories deny Muslims a capacity for self-rule #corroborates (0.88)
• Colonial discourse recasts Western self-government as a capacity Orientals lack #corroborates (0.85)
• The concept of Oriental despotism was devised to justify European empire #corroborates (0.82) — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 223
• Balfour denied Orientals any capacity for self-government in 1910 #exemplifies (0.82) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 202
• Modernization theory blamed underdevelopment on internal cultural flaws within societies #corroborates (0.80)
• British colonial officials claimed Orientals were incapable of self-government #exemplifies (0.80) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 67
• Marx considered Asiatic village communities foundations of Oriental despotism #corroborates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 1535
• Policy jargon like modernization and stability masks old Orientalist stereotypes #corroborates (0.72)