COMOPS Journal » Blatant Colonialism in the Malay Muslim “Deep South” of Thailand

Thai-Buddhist colonialism? That is a strange concept, but it is reality as far as the Malay-Muslims of the “Deep South” of Thailand are concerned.

Edward Said noted that the representation of political- and military-subject people as less than fully human is among the basic elements of the culture and ideology of colonialism. He also observed that despite other differences, in this respect all colonialisms are the same. In the introduction to Culture and Imperialism he wrote:

via COMOPS Journal » Blatant Colonialism in the Malay Muslim “Deep South” of Thailand.

~ by yahyasheikho786 on December 20, 2009.

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