第二課 (18 September 2010)
閱讀殖民地: 透視港英政府的管治策略
王慧麟博士(Dr. Max Wong)主講.
Dr. Max Wong is the speaker and his topic was “Reading Colonial Hong Kong – The Politics of Control”.
Firstly, he explained what is Colonialism (殖民主義). It was separated into Classical View and Modern View.
For classical view, it included:
· Political control / domination
· Economic exploitation (Imperialism – 帝國主義)
· Social control
· Cultural domination (e.g. White man burden)
· Religious mission
For modern view, it included:
· Colonization without colonialism (新殖民主義)
· Puppet government with democratic face
· Neo-imperialism (新帝國主義) (e.g. oil politics and dependency theory)
· Economic control / International trading system (e.g. IMF/World Bank, WTO etc.)
The he briefed “Decolonization” (去殖) that is a process the British withdrawn from the colonies, in which “Handover” of political power to a new sovereign state.
However, “Bomb” theory was famous in this period of time but it was found the theory was not logical. There were two types of preparing decolonization: i) Political decolonization and ii) Administrative decolonization.
After that Dr. Wong mentioned Nostalgia in Hong Kong. In general, Hong Kong people considered that the goodies/precepts included:
i) Efficient and effective civil service
ii) Rule of Law
iii) Economic prosperity
iv) Social mobility (Job security) and the rise of middle class
Dr. Wong concluded that colonial nostalgia meaned:
i) Loss of self-esteem
ii) Loss of economic prosperity
iii) Loss of social mobility
iv) Loss of judicial independence
We have a book named “閱讀殖民地” which write by Dr. Wong.
However, “Bomb” theory was famous in this period of time but it was found the theory was not logical. There were two types of preparing decolonization: i) Political decolonization and ii) Administrative decolonization.
After that Dr. Wong mentioned Nostalgia in Hong Kong. In general, Hong Kong people considered that the goodies/precepts included:
i) Efficient and effective civil service
ii) Rule of Law
iii) Economic prosperity
iv) Social mobility (Job security) and the rise of middle class
Dr. Wong concluded that colonial nostalgia meaned:
i) Loss of self-esteem
ii) Loss of economic prosperity
iii) Loss of social mobility
iv) Loss of judicial independence
We have a book named “閱讀殖民地” which write by Dr. Wong.
I got Dr. Max Wong’s sign in the book.
以下是一些有趣的記錄:
現在的佳叔(劉兆佳)可以不理, 但年輕佳叔的英國非殖民化研究是很精闢的. 研究這方面的人非看不可.
王博士說起當年參與示威, 和警方對峙的一些經驗. 原來記者鏡頭只能影到上半身. 人們常以為示威者擁向前很激. 原來在對峙時, 鐵碼往往向上升, 示威者的腳(上五吋下五吋)常給警方踢到, 所以在鏡頭上擁向前了.
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