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En ofruktbar ö : rasistiska och nationalistiska diskurser kring kolonin S:t Barthélemy 1840–1878

Pålsson, Ale LU (2011) HISM63 20111
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Abstract
In this essay I have gone through the discussions of the Swedish parliament from 1840 to 1878 regarding the Swedish colony S:t Barthélemy. The Swedish slave colony, acquired from France in 1784, was a major source of income as a transit harbor during the Napoleonic Wars, but was otherwise an expense for the Swedish state. Using Immanuel Wallersteins World System theory, Etienne Balibars model for racism as supernationalism and Saids model of latent orientalism as opposed to manifest orientalism, I have found a connection between racism and the needs of capital. While the latent racism is a constant factor in the parliament’s discussions, the manifest and overt racism acts as a justification for economic decisions, rather than as an... (More)
In this essay I have gone through the discussions of the Swedish parliament from 1840 to 1878 regarding the Swedish colony S:t Barthélemy. The Swedish slave colony, acquired from France in 1784, was a major source of income as a transit harbor during the Napoleonic Wars, but was otherwise an expense for the Swedish state. Using Immanuel Wallersteins World System theory, Etienne Balibars model for racism as supernationalism and Saids model of latent orientalism as opposed to manifest orientalism, I have found a connection between racism and the needs of capital. While the latent racism is a constant factor in the parliament’s discussions, the manifest and overt racism acts as a justification for economic decisions, rather than as an ideology in and of itself. This calls into question the sincerity of the universalistic ideals of the political elite, although this critique is most likely not limited to them. (Less)
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author
Pålsson, Ale LU
supervisor
organization
course
HISM63 20111
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
rasism, Edward Said, Etienne Balibar, Immanuel Wallerstein, S:t Barthelemy, Sverige, kolonialism, nationalism, universalism, kondratiev
language
Swedish
id
1895022
date added to LUP
2011-06-19 13:38:09
date last changed
2011-06-19 13:38:09
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  abstract     = {{In this essay I have gone through the discussions of the Swedish parliament from 1840 to 1878 regarding the Swedish colony S:t Barthélemy. The Swedish slave colony, acquired from France in 1784, was a major source of income as a transit harbor during the Napoleonic Wars, but was otherwise an expense for the Swedish state. Using Immanuel Wallersteins World System theory, Etienne Balibars model for racism as supernationalism and Saids model of latent orientalism as opposed to manifest orientalism, I have found a connection between racism and the needs of capital. While the latent racism is a constant factor in the parliament’s discussions, the manifest and overt racism acts as a justification for economic decisions, rather than as an ideology in and of itself. This calls into question the sincerity of the universalistic ideals of the political elite, although this critique is most likely not limited to them.}},
  author       = {{Pålsson, Ale}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{En ofruktbar ö : rasistiska och nationalistiska diskurser kring kolonin S:t Barthélemy 1840–1878}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}