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Modernity and Empire Flashcards
Modernity and Empire Flashcards
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1
Question
What were the two events that combined to motivate the creation of the welfare state?
Answer
The Russian Revolution and the Great Depression.
2
Question
What is the effect that the essential link established between languages and ‘religions’ by 19th century Europeans has had on modern religions?
Answer
Racialization, reification, and objectification of religion.
3
Question
Which country changed its name during World War II to identify with 'Aryan peoples'?
Answer
Iran.
4
Question
Was 'whiteness' valued equally in premodern/precolonial times as in the modern period?
Answer
False. Whiteness was not valued equally in premodern or precolonial times compared to the modern period.
5
Question
Who received the Congo at the 1884 Berlin Conference, and what modern commodity was primarily extracted there?
Answer
Belgium received the Congo, and the essential modern commodity extracted was rubber.
6
Question
Which foundational text of modern political theory, arguing for the absolute sovereignty of the state, was published three years after the Treaty of Westphalia?
Answer
Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan.
7
Question
Is racial prejudice limited to skin colour?
Answer
False. It encompasses virtually everything.
8
Question
The first ‘national anthem’ in any regional South Asian language was the controversial song ______, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in the year ______.
Answer
'Vande Mataram,' written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882.
9
Question
Name the book written by Karl Polanyi:
Answer
The Great Transformation.
10
Question
‘Semites’ are _
Answer
_Jews __ and _____Muslims/Arabs______.
11
Question
Tomoko Masuzawa shows that 19th century European scholars postulated that a grammatical feature of ‘Semitic’ languages restricts their ability to think. The name of the grammatical feature is:
Answer
Inflection.
12
Question
There is no difference between premodern empires and modern empires.
Answer
False
13
Question
What do the group of people discussed in the video ‘Dark Gothic Maga’ intend to do with the bureaucracy?
Answer
Fire all bureaucrats and hire ones loyal to Trump_
14
Question
Name two features of the modern cult of Progress as enumerated in the module on ‘Modernity and World-Historical Identity.’
Answer
a. White supremacist, genocidal b. Sophicidal, nihilist, ecocidal
15
Question
The American entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan wants to replace the nation-state form with what kind of states?
Answer
Network States.
16
Question
Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations was published in the same year as which ‘world-historical’ event?
Answer
The American Declaration of Independence, 1776
17
Question
What was unusual about the song 'Zihal-e-miskeen' by Amir Khusro?
Answer
The first part of each line was Persian, the second part Hindi.
18
Question
The blogger Curtis Yarvin (‘The Prophet’) is close to which top official in the Trump administration
Answer
Vice-President J D Vance.
19
Question
‘Isabella the Great’ (15th c – ‘Renaissance’ Spain), ‘Elizabeth the Great’ (16th c – ‘Renaissance’ England), ‘Louis the Great’ (17th c – ‘Enlightenment’ France), ‘Frederick the Great’ (18th c – ‘Enlightenment’ Germany), ‘Peter the Great’ (late 17th/early 18th c – ‘Enlightenment’ Russia), Catherine the Great (18th c.) – what makes all these early modern European absolutist monarchs ‘great’?
Answer
They created the nation as well as fostering the Enlightenment.
20
Question
The 20th century African American thinker, W. E. B. DuBois, said the problem of the 20th century was the problem of the global
Answer
color line
21
Question
The economist greatly concerned by questions of population was
Answer
Thomas Malthus.
22
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What are the two distinctive features of modern racism discussed in the module on ‘Modernity and World-Historical Identity’?
Answer
a. Biological (physiological and anatomical) b. Historical
23
Question
Which sect of Christianity did Max Weber relate to the emergence of capitalism?
Answer
Protestant
24
Question
What does the concept of 'secular salvation' indicate?
Answer
Salvation in this world through Progress.
25
Question
Jose Maria Sbert identifies a deep link between the modern nation-state and
Answer
Progress.
26
Question
Jesus spoke english
Answer
False.
27
Question
South Asians always made permanent distinctions between settlers and natives?
Answer
False.
28
Question
The 1872 painting by John Gast, depicting the flight of Native Americans and animals from the light of American empire progressing West, was called:
Answer
_American Progress_.
29
Question
The amount of wealth transferred from South Asia to Britain under modern colonial rule was about
Answer
US $45 trillion.
30
Question
Each scale of time is measured by a different instrument. As per the lecture, Small time is measured using the discipline of ____________________________ and Long time is measured by ____________________
Answer
Small time is measured by History; Long time by Geology.