Deck 16: Postcolonial Thought

Question 1

Theories of domination can be traced back to Hegel.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The emergence of colonialism in the fifteenth century is associated with:

A) Spain and Portugal.
B) Great Britain.
C) France and Germany.
D) the United States.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Desmond Tutu of South Africa supported the death penalty for whites guilty of crimes against blacks during apartheid.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following best represents the direction of Pan-African philosophy?

A) a return to pure African traditionalism
B) the creation of a purely modern African consciousness that will replace various tribal and ethnic traditions
C) the total political and economic unity of Africa into a single nation
D) a negotiation between ancient tribal traditions and the modern philosophical thought of Africa

Question 5

Rule by small, wealthy elites ended when Latin American colonies achieved independence.

Question 6

According to most postcolonial thinkers, what best explains the commonalities of postcolonial thought around the world?

A) basic, universal human psychology
B) the conceptual similarities of ideas introduced by the colonizing powers
C) shared similarities among experiences of invasion and foreign domination
D) similarity in the tools used to deconstruct varied colonial experiences

Question 7

Which of the following concepts was developed by Léopold Sédar Senghor but attacked by Paulin Hountondji?

A) negritude
B) postcolonialism
C) positivism
D) phenomenology

Question 8

Most postcolonial thinkers believe that facts should determine the proper perspective to take.

Question 9

The conceptual resources used in the remaking of postcolonial Indian society were created by:

A) the introduction of British values.
B) the values implicit in India's social caste structure.
C) the Vedic scriptures.
D) the influence of the United States of America.

Question 10

Martin Luther King was strongly influenced by:

A) Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi.
B) Karl Marx.
C) Desmond Tutu.
D) bell hooks.

Question 11

Martin Luther King Jr. refused to separate questions of agenda from questions of appropriate means.

Question 12

Peruvian philosopher Francisco Quesada concluded that theories cannot reliably deliver the truth.

Question 13

The introduction of _____ to Latin America provided the first serious challenge to the dominance of Roman Catholic metaphysics.

A) French critical philosophy
B) Marxism
C) German existentialism and phenomenology
D) positivism

Question 14

All postcolonial thinkers are united in recommending _____ as a necessity against people's tendency to give in to baser motivations once independence is achieved.

A) socialism
B) justice
C) religion
D) capitalism

Question 15

bell hooks criticized the "careerism" focus of white, middle-class feminism.

Question 16

According to Francisco Miró Quesada's proposal to reimagine humanity, the human race should be divided into:

A) those who own capital and those who work for them.
B) men who control things and women who don't.
C) those who work hard and take responsibility for themselves and those who don't.
D) those willing to exploit others and those willing to defend others from exploitation.

Question 17

The topics taken up by Asian postcolonial thought are similar to those considered elsewhere in the world.

Question 18

The lack of a homegrown philosophical literature in South Asia meant that the damaging effects of colonialism on indigenous value systems was even worse than in Africa.