His 103: the Asian World Notes
1) Nationalism, socialism, and religion have all played a major role in anti-colonial struggles and post-colonial constructions in India and Southeast Asia. Which of these three ideologies do you think was most effective for colonized peoples and why?
I. Nationalism was most effective for the colonized peoples of India and South East Asia a. Both socialism and Nationalism worked together to fight against imperial rule. Nationalism brought the people of India and Southeast Asia together while Socialism went against Western ideals. b. Socialism was more effective in South East Asia, it went fully against Western colonists beliefs of capitalism and democracy. Nationalism was most effective in India to fight against the British Imperial rule. c. Nationalism was the most effective ideology used in anti-colonial and post-colonial constructions and socialism was used as a secondary tool in some cases. II. South East Asians in the Philippines begin to move around and realize that colonialism is ubiquitous d. It’s the same all across the country and different ethnicities experience the same colonialism e. They begin to come together and talk about it through writing and news print and there is a communal agreement that colonialism is not a good thing f. As the natives become more educated they travel to Europe to get a better education i. They realize that Europe is not as great as the colonizers said it was, and they didn’t understand why they needed to be like the Europeans ii. This gave the natives a sense of nationalism because they wanted to go home where they could be with their people in the country they love. III. Later, in World War II, the Japanese come into South East Asia and destroy the Europeans, this gets rid of colonialism forever in South East Asia g. The Japanese essentially take over where the Europeans left off and impose colonialism on the Philippines just the
I. Nationalism was most effective for the colonized peoples of India and South East Asia a. Both socialism and Nationalism worked together to fight against imperial rule. Nationalism brought the people of India and Southeast Asia together while Socialism went against Western ideals. b. Socialism was more effective in South East Asia, it went fully against Western colonists beliefs of capitalism and democracy. Nationalism was most effective in India to fight against the British Imperial rule. c. Nationalism was the most effective ideology used in anti-colonial and post-colonial constructions and socialism was used as a secondary tool in some cases. II. South East Asians in the Philippines begin to move around and realize that colonialism is ubiquitous d. It’s the same all across the country and different ethnicities experience the same colonialism e. They begin to come together and talk about it through writing and news print and there is a communal agreement that colonialism is not a good thing f. As the natives become more educated they travel to Europe to get a better education i. They realize that Europe is not as great as the colonizers said it was, and they didn’t understand why they needed to be like the Europeans ii. This gave the natives a sense of nationalism because they wanted to go home where they could be with their people in the country they love. III. Later, in World War II, the Japanese come into South East Asia and destroy the Europeans, this gets rid of colonialism forever in South East Asia g. The Japanese essentially take over where the Europeans left off and impose colonialism on the Philippines just the