Why is colonialism (still) romanticized? | Farish Ahmad-Noor
Why is colonialism (still) romanticized? | Farish Ahmad-Noor
TED Talks Society and Culture · Farish Ahmad-Noor
June 23, 202012m 5s
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Show Notes
Colonialism remains an inescapable blight on the present, lingering in the toxic, internalized mythologies and stereotypes that have outlived the regimes that created them, says historian Farish Ahmad-Noor. Examining why these prejudices and narratives persist (and sometimes thrive), he suggests a multidisciplinary approach to reject cultural obsessions with romanticized history and prevent this nostalgia from perpetuating past oppressions.
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