Postcolonialism: The End of Military Domination and the Emergence of Cultural Hegemony Models of Forms of Resistance

Abstract

The contemporary world has witnessed several transformations alongside the development of cultural fields, giving rise to post- theories and renewed consideration of concepts circulated in colonial discourse. These concepts carried forms of central representation, cultural sterilization, intellectual domination, and stereotypical narratives that sought systematic control, excluding and marginalizing smaller groups through rigid binaries.
Imperial power expanded intellectually, geographically, civilizationally, and industrially, moving beyond its narrow borders to establish footholds across the world in the form of colonies, markets, labor forces, raw materials, and new consumers for its industries. Thus, colonialism was not merely military; it became cultural hegemony, symbolic power, social intervention, and economic penetration.
The study is based on several concepts, including Western/Latin centrality, cultural assimilation, acculturation, and cultural discrimination between the culture of the white person and other human cultures, along with other terms explored throughout the study.