Colonialism and genocide

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Memorial in Berlin-Neukölln to the Victims of the Herero and Namaqua genocide perpetrated by the German Empire against the Herero and Nama peoples of Namibia
Tibetan people in protest against their treatment by China

The connection between colonialism and genocide has been explored in academic research.[1] According to historian Patrick Wolfe, "[t]he question of genocide is never far from discussions of settler colonialism."[2] Historians have commented that although colonialism does not necessarily directly involve genocide, research suggests that the two share a connection. The example of Tasmania is cited, where white settlers wiped out indigenous Tasmanians, which is a genocide by definition and is a result of settler colonialism.[3]

Researched examples of genocide linked to colonialism[]

  • Black War of Tasmania, 1820s–1832. This was a guerrilla war fought between European settlers and Aboriginal Tasmanians, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 900 Aboriginal locals and the near extinction of the island Aboriginal population.[3]
  • According to the Tibetan Government in Exile (TGIE), under the Chinese administration in Tibet from 1951 to 1984 there has been the death of an estimated 1.2 million Tibetans. Tibet expert Barry Sautman has characterized this number as highly "inaccurate", as there is "no credible evidence of ongoing mass killing, physically enforced birth control, or forced intermarriage in Tibet." Sautman also challenges the notion that Chinese practices in Tibet can be characterized as genocidal or colonial, stating that "Tibet's non-colonial nature can be derived from the nature of modern colonialism", and citing the political and legal equality of Tibetans under the current administration.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Kühne 2013; Moses & Stone 2013; Benvenuto, Hinton & Woolford 2014; Benvenuto & Wooldford 2015; Docker 2015; Short 2016; Crook, Short & South 2018; Weber & Weber 2020.
  2. ^ Wolfe 2006.
  3. ^ a b Moses & Stone 2013, pp. 71–78.
  4. ^ Sautman 2006.

Bibliography[]

  • Benvenuto, Jeff; Hinton, Alexander Laban; Woolford, Andrew, eds. (2014). Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America. Duke University Press. doi:10.1215/9780822376149. ISBN 978-0-8223-7614-9. Retrieved 30 December 2021 – via Google Books.
  • Benvenuto, Jeff; Woolford, Andrew (2015). "Canada and Colonial Genocide". Journal of Genocide Research. 17 (4): 373–390. doi:10.1080/14623528.2015.1096580.
  • Crook, Martin; Short, Damien; South, Nigel (2018). "Ecocide, Genocide, Capitalism and Colonialism: Consequences for Indigenous Peoples and Glocal Ecosystems Environments" (PDF). Theoretical Criminology. 22 (3): 298–317. doi:10.1177/1362480618787176. S2CID 150239863. Retrieved 30 December 2021 – via open access institutional repository for the University of Essex.
  • Docker, John (2015). "A Plethora of Intentions: Genocide, Settler Colonialism and Historical Consciousness in Australia and Britain". The International Journal of Human Rights. 19 (1): 74–89. doi:10.1080/13642987.2014.987952. S2CID 145745263.
  • Kühne, Thomas (2013). "Colonialism and the Holocaust: Continuities, Causations, and Complexities". Journal of Genocide Research. 15 (3): 339–362. doi:10.1080/14623528.2013.821229. S2CID 144591957.
  • Moses, Dirk; Stone, Dan, eds. (2013). Colonialism and Genocide. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-99753-5. Retrieved 30 December 2021 – via Google Books.
  • Sautman, Barry (2006). "Colonialism, Genocide, and Tibet". Asian Ethnicity. 7 (3): 243–265. doi:10.1080/14631360600926949. ISSN 1463-1369. S2CID 145798586.
  • Short, Damien (2016). Redefining Genocide: Settler Colonialism, Social Death and Ecocide. Zed Books. ISBN 978-1-78360-170-7. Retrieved 30 December 2021 – via Google Books.
  • Weber, Heloise; Weber, Martin (2020). "Colonialism, Genocide and International Relations: the Namibian–German Case and Struggles for Restorative Relations". European Journal of International Relations. 26 (1_suppl): 91–115. doi:10.1177/1354066120938833. S2CID 222003104.
  • Wolfe, Patrick (2006). "Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native". Journal of Genocide Research. 8 (4): 387–409. doi:10.1080/14623520601056240. S2CID 143873621.
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