Yıl: 2007 Cilt: 24 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 179 - 194 Metin Dili: Türkçe İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Ecological Imperialism in British Colonial Fiction

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Bu makale İngiliz emperyalizminin ekolojik boyutunu ve bunun ingiliz sömürge dönemi romanlarında nasıl yansıtıldığını tartışmaya açmakta, ve birbirini tamamlayan Batı merkezci ve insan merkezci ideolojilerin nasıl doğanın tahribine yol açtığını irdelemektedir. Ekolojik emperyalizm, sömürgeleştirilmiş toprakların yerüstü ve yeraltı zenginliklerinin bilinçli olarak Batıya taşınması, ekonomik çıkarlar adına sömürülmesi ve kıyımı olarak tanımlanabilir. Bu bölgelerde yokedilen biyoçeşitlilik ve dengeleri bozulan yerel ekosistemler tarihi bağlamda incelenmekte ve kökleri 17. yüzyıla dayanan ve Francis Bacon, Lewis Roberts, ve Robert Boyle gibi İngiliz düşünürlerinin savunduğu mekanik dünya görüşünün ve emperyalist ideolojilerin sömürgecilik dönemi romanlarında nasıl desteklendiği ve meşrulaştırıldığı tartışılmaktadır. Bu yaklaşım Kipling, Henty, Haggard, Conrad, Forster ve Orwell'in romanlarından örneklerle ele alınmaktadır.
Anahtar Kelime: ekolojik emperyalizm batı felsefesi sömürü biyolojik çeşitlilik ingiliz edebiyatı ideoloji ingiliz sömürgeciliği Afrika kalıpyargılar batı edebiyatı Avustralya avrupa merkezcilik

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This article focuses on the ecological dimension of British imperialism and its manifestations in British colonial fictions which rest on the closely linked Eurocentric and anthropocentric discourses. Ecological imperialism can be defined as the intentional destruction, through expoloitation, extraction and transfer of natural resources of the colonized lands in the interests of scientific and economic progress. Its roots lie in the 17th century mechanistic worldview advocated by Francis Bacon and other British thinkers of the time, including Lewis Roberts and Robert Boyle. Within this specific historical context the article discusses, with specific references to the colonial novels of Kipling, Henty, Haggard, Conrad, Forster and Orwell, how the degradation of the natural environments were legitimated which resulted in an irreversible loss of biodiversity in the indigenous lands, and how the British colonial fictions continually supported the hegemony of imperial power over the flora and fauna of these lands and their peoples.
Anahtar Kelime: exploitation biological diversity english literature ideology british colonialism Africa stereotypes western literature Australia eurocentrism ecological imperialism western philosophy

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