The British Empire in the Culture War: Nigel Biggar’s <i>Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning</i>
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چکیده
The British Empire has been politicised to an extent that many of us could never have predicted just a few years ago. colonial past features especially prominently in the right wing-oriented press, where attempts inform public about realities colonialism are fiercely resisted ‘culture war’ against those labelled as ‘woke’. This culture war is sponsored part by elements within post-Brexit Conservative government and its conservative-nationalist-populist counterparts other countries. Some who pursue it enthusiastically welcomed Nigel Biggar’s Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning for giving diminution mitigation colonialism’s violence racism appearance intellectual credibility. article explores political psychological dimensions this phenomenon provides detailed critique book position historiography imperial defensiveness. In expectation there more interpretations come, I hope can act something provisional guide serious historians finding increasingly difficult avoid engagement with contemporary politicisation empire.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0308-6534', '1743-9329']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2023.2209947