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civilizing mission: a standalone construct

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Imperial history

the colonial ideology that justified empire as a duty to bring civilization to colonized peoples, central to French rule in West Africa.

In imperial history, civilizing mission refers to the colonial ideology that justified empire as a duty to bring civilization to colonized peoples, central to French rule in West Africa. This meaning comes from Conklin (1997) in A mission to civilize.[1]

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Conklin, A. L. (1997). A mission to civilize. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804729994

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