Legacy of Postcolonial and Self-Determination in Occupied Lands: Comparative Case of Palestine & Tibet from Within and Beyond
(2022) SIMZ11 20221Graduate School
- Abstract
- This thesis has presented a comparison between two occupied territories Tibet and Palestine as countries that have a long legacy of postcolonialism and strife for self-determination. The comparison was conducted from a postcolonial perspective of how Palestine is being occupied by Israel with full
Western backing, while Tibet was occupied by another postcolonial country China. This clearly shows how the issue of Tibet contradicts the postcolonial theory that Western countries usually occupy Eastern countries since it shows clearly that an Eastern country can occupy another Eastern country. Another similarity between Tibet and Palestine is what is known as stateless diasporas. In both cases the biggest host countries normally allow them to... (More) - This thesis has presented a comparison between two occupied territories Tibet and Palestine as countries that have a long legacy of postcolonialism and strife for self-determination. The comparison was conducted from a postcolonial perspective of how Palestine is being occupied by Israel with full
Western backing, while Tibet was occupied by another postcolonial country China. This clearly shows how the issue of Tibet contradicts the postcolonial theory that Western countries usually occupy Eastern countries since it shows clearly that an Eastern country can occupy another Eastern country. Another similarity between Tibet and Palestine is what is known as stateless diasporas. In both cases the biggest host countries normally allow them to engage in their political (and less frequently military) strife to self-determination and recognise their diaspora as their representatives in the international arena. Lastly, I also discussed the comparative nationalism such as Palestinian
Secular and Islamic Nationalism for the attack against Israeli aggression and how they use violent attacks to securitise themselves. Meanwhile, Tibet uses Buddhist Nationalism to counter China with non-violent attacks that are self-immolation which is their method of self-determination. Furthermore, discussing how these occupied territories are behaving towards their occupiers. (Less)
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- author
- Abou Fadel, Hani LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMZ11 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Palestine, Tibet, Postcolonialism, Self-determination, Diaspora
- language
- English
- id
- 9099719
- date added to LUP
- 2022-09-20 08:52:27
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- 2022-09-20 08:52:27
@misc{9099719, abstract = {{This thesis has presented a comparison between two occupied territories Tibet and Palestine as countries that have a long legacy of postcolonialism and strife for self-determination. The comparison was conducted from a postcolonial perspective of how Palestine is being occupied by Israel with full Western backing, while Tibet was occupied by another postcolonial country China. This clearly shows how the issue of Tibet contradicts the postcolonial theory that Western countries usually occupy Eastern countries since it shows clearly that an Eastern country can occupy another Eastern country. Another similarity between Tibet and Palestine is what is known as stateless diasporas. In both cases the biggest host countries normally allow them to engage in their political (and less frequently military) strife to self-determination and recognise their diaspora as their representatives in the international arena. Lastly, I also discussed the comparative nationalism such as Palestinian Secular and Islamic Nationalism for the attack against Israeli aggression and how they use violent attacks to securitise themselves. Meanwhile, Tibet uses Buddhist Nationalism to counter China with non-violent attacks that are self-immolation which is their method of self-determination. Furthermore, discussing how these occupied territories are behaving towards their occupiers.}}, author = {{Abou Fadel, Hani}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Legacy of Postcolonial and Self-Determination in Occupied Lands: Comparative Case of Palestine & Tibet from Within and Beyond}}, year = {{2022}}, }