Why Britain Signed a Treaty with the Māori—but Not with Australia’s Aboriginal Peoples
Why did Britain negotiate a treaty with Māori chiefs in New Zealand but claim Australia as terra nullius—“land belonging to no one”?
Colonialism
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Robot Ethics and Colonial Legacies with Sean Welsh | Quillette Cetera Ep. 53
Philosopher and programmer Sean Welsh talks with Zoe Booth about AI, colonial history, and why scepticism is the best guide through both technology and politics.
I’m Tired of the Victimhood Narrative
Lidia Thorpe is not treated more harshly because she’s an Indigenous woman. In fact, if it weren’t for these two immutable characteristics, she wouldn’t be where she is today.
An Honest Conversation About Colonialism with Nigel Biggar: Quillette Cetera Episode 41
Zoe meets with the ethicist and theologian Nigel Biggar as part of his trip to Australia.
Bad History at the BBC
A new radio series about the 1943 Bengal famine favours culture-war polemic over rigorous scholarship.
Why Newly Independent Countries Must Reject Radical Decolonization
The contrasting histories of Singapore, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka demonstrate the dangers of attempting to erase the colonial past.
The Postcolonial Left's Blindness to Islamic Homophobia
For Western LGBT rights activists to support Hamas's continued rule over Gaza is hypocritical in the extreme.
Bruce Gilley vs Cancel Culture
In 2019, Gilley found himself rebuffed by his own university when he proposed a course on “Conservative Political Thought.”
Captain Cook and the Colonial Paradox
Cook is best understood as a quintessential figure of the European Enlightenment, with all the consequences flowing from that, positive and negative.
'Oikophobia': Our Western Self-Hatred
The simplest way of defining oikophobia is as the opposite extreme of xenophobia.
Forget About Decolonizing the Curriculum. We Need to Restore the West’s Telos Before it’s Too Late
Historically, the decolonize movement is often highly selective in which facts it chooses to highlight.
I Want to Hold Seminars on Empire — Interview with Nigel Biggar
Somewhat similarly, at Oxford, professor Nigel Biggar was targeted immediately after his project “Ethics and Empire” was launched.