AMIND 440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Discovery Doctrine, White Supremacy, Profit Motive
15 May 2020
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Amind 440 - module 4 - culture of conquest & doctrine of discovery. Conquest: the subjugation and assumption of control over a place or people by use of military force. Conquest did not begin with europeans crossing the atlantic. Worldview of conquest and colonialism formed several centuries before that. By the time europeans crossed the atlantic, the culture of conquest had been perfected by the 15th century. Europeans conducted crusades to conquer north africa and middle east in the name of religion. End of 13th century marked the beginning of europeans crushing domestic. Knights and noblemen would seize land and force commoners living on it into servitude (sound familiar?) European peasantry = first population forcibly organized under profit motive. Europe became a crowded space with a higher demand for resources and profit. When european countries expanded overseas, they were not starting anew. Goal = to obtain more land, resources, and labor sources.
