ABSTRACT
The third chapter addresses the motives for colonialism and the rationalizations offered by colonialists in order to justify their actions to others and to themselves. The chapter begins with Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, focusing on his ironic depiction of the rationalizations of the colonialists and their (clearly distinct) motives. It goes on to argue for the primacy of economic and political interests in the area of motivations, but also for the primacy of cultural claims in the area of rationalizations. The third section of the chapter addresses the ways in which cognitive modeling of colonized people (e.g., as children) facilitates rationalization. Following from this, Hogan briefly introduces the categories of liberal and conservative (or, more accurately, right-wing) colonialism, distinguishing them in part by reference to the different use of models by the two groups (e.g., the former are more likely to view colonized people as children, while the latter are more likely to view them as animals). In connection with this, and with other ways in which the colonizing group is not uniform, the fourth section of the chapter addresses some points of diversity among colonizers. A final section turns to the motivations (and rationalizations) of colonized people in their (also non-uniform) responses to colonialism.
