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Mobility in and of the Empire: A Colonialist History of Mobility

Maximiliano Emanuel KorstanjeBabu George

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Power (social and political)business.industryHospitalitymedia_common.quotation_subjectPolitical economyPolitical scienceEmpireThe InternetSocial mediabusinessColonialismmedia_common

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Mobility is freedom. Freedom is power. Those who wield control over the mobility of others control their freedom. The global reach of this control was first evident in the history of colonialism. The empire both incentivized and restricted travel, depending upon who aligned with the colonial vision of the world. Unfreedom is a situation when there is no evident bondage but there is still no exercise of freedom. Fast forward from the times of the European empires, the contemporary forms of colonialism institutionalized this. Television shows, social media, and the internet made people unfree to aspirations that would truly liberate them but rather glued them to shallow pursuits. In this introductory chapter, we discuss the colonial history of mobility.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78845-2_1