Teaching Kipling's "The White Man’s Burden" in a Postcolonialism Class
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2020
- Teaching Kipling's "The White Man’s Burden" in a Postcolonialism Class
The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands (1899), by Rudyard Kipling, is a poem about the Philippine-American War (1899-1902), which exhorts the United States to assume colonial control of the Filipino people and their country. (Wikipedia).
I usually start my postcolonialism classes with this poem as it allows me to explain the colonial mindset and the stereotypes mobilized by the Europeans tod escribe the natives. The poem also gives me an opportunity to mount a critique of the so called European "civilizing mission" in the colonies.
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I really appreciate this explanation. I was struggling on how to introduce imperialism to my students: Now, I know I'll start here!
Thank you. I am glad this is of some use in your teaching.
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This analysis is enormously helpful. Thank you so much for offering this. Can't wait to watch more of your videos!
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This was a very helpful analysis! Thank you!
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Great video. I’m learning about something else in class but your explanation was very interesting so I stayed for the rest of the video
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Thank you. Very instructive and useful.
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This video is very strong and useful. Thank you sir.
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This is so helpful sir....... I hope I could follow u for other post colonial writing too
Thank you. Please check out my other channel, RajaReads, which focuses on books.
Thank you making your videos. This video has helped me understand the poem a lot more. Peace and Love.
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Thank you. Excellent lecture.
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This is brilliant. Thank you so much for your intelligent mind and kind heart.
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Simple and enlightening breakdown. It’s amazing how some colonialists actually believed that altruism was significant part of their mission.
Thank you. Yes, “civilizing mission” was often seen as altruistic and noble.
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Excellent! thanks so much
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thank you very much for this material, i have an exam about imperialism soon and this is very helpful and welll explained
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Also, do check the channel. I do have a couple of videos on imperialism
It is very helpful.sir the great
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Excellent, Excellent analysis.
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Thanks! This was super helpful!
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Powerful and informative
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Amazingly understandable
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I'm working on a lesson plan that includes this poem, so thank you for making this video! It is incredibly helpful for figuring out what points to emphasize about the poem.
Thank you. You are welcome to use the video in your class.
Sir, can you take a class on Ashis Nandy's 'The uncolonized mind: A colonial view of India and the west'?
Thank you. It’s been years since I read him. If I ever get some time to reread his work, I will certainly record something on it.
I am horrified at how hateful were the views of Rudyard Kipling! Thank you for your insight.
Thank you so much. Yes, sadly he was an imperialist and as someone growing up reading his stories, it was really disappointing to learn this side of him.
Thanks Sir 😀
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Well said! I understand the movie, White Man’s Burden thank you for that elucidation Detroit Mamma!
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excellent
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I enjoyed this very much! Thank you for speaking.
I think a little nuance might be in order concerning your conclusion. You say that it was NEVER the intention of the Imperialist powers to 'bring civilization' but only to extract resources and wealth. I think this is particularly true at the time of the poem. ( 1800/1900 ) But I would argue that the Imperialist mentality was not only about getting rich and exploit other regions at the time of the Greeks, Romans, Renaissance. The vision of the world that the Western Civilizations have is connected to the view of the Romans and the Greeks towards outsiders. While they where building massive temples and ports, universities, theatres, making art, governing by forms of democratic government....the peoples around them where still living in wooden huts with home schooling and a much less sophisticated society overall. Hence they where called 'uncivilized' or 'barbarians'. And I think that's not a strange way of thinking considering the circumstances described above. This idea was passed on from the Greeks to the Romans to the Franks, Lombards and other future great houses/city-states/empires. Having said all this, I think it's important to state that indeed the later period of colonialism was more a capitalistic venture than a humanitarian expedition. But I firmly believe that it could've been more about humanitarian reasons than we nowadays can perceive.
We also are products of our time. So we see everything through the glasses of the modern capitalistic views/norms/values. And it's easy to project our unconscious or biased reasoning on the people of the past.
Thank you. It is fine. If all of us had the same opinions of things, the world would be a boring place.
Sir do you have video on analysis of Kiplings Overland mail
Sorry, no I do not have a video on that.
@@masoodraja sir i have an assignment on analysis of Overland mail with Saidian stance can you plz guide what is saidian stance
@@maryamkaatal7083 I have no idea. Literally it would mean a stance taken by Edward Said, but there is no single stance that he takes. I suggest please read a specific work of Said and then define what you think is his stance and then apply it.
@@masoodraja thanks can i get further help for my thesis as i opt to work on neo orientalism
Sorry, I simply cannot offer any assistance with individual projects, as I have quite a lot of my own students to guide.
The line of thinking this poem promotes is what I've decided to call the Kipling Delusion. It is the belief that one's brand of imperialism is ultimately for the good of those you are putting under your control.
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You know….I struggle with blame. I struggle with justification. This poem, and the explanation (because it’s almost like I couldn’t believe what I was hearing) really made me understand the degradation of people based on skin colour. How awful to think that these people thought there would be no retribution for being so repugnant. Jesus H. Christ.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
it so emberresed to read these "poem"
Thank you.