Colonial Perception of the Aboriginal Development and Economic System: The Question of the “First Contact” Cover Image

Kolonijalna percepcija razvoja i ekonomskog sustava starosjedilaca: pitanje “prvog kontakta”
Colonial Perception of the Aboriginal Development and Economic System: The Question of the “First Contact”

Author(s): Mitja Durnik
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Hrvatsko politološko društvo
Keywords: John Locke; aboriginal people; colonialism; aboriginal economy; Canada

Summary/Abstract: One of the main arguments in Locke’s theory was that the Aboriginals were underdeveloped and were living in simply organized societies based on a self-sufficient economy which could not produce any extra profit. In other words, in Locke’s view there existed two economic worlds – one European which had a potential for making profit, and one aboriginal, mainly connected with a barter economy. The research focus is the attempt to deny Locke’s myth about aboriginal economies at the time of the first contact with European colonizers.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 483-508
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Croatian