Helge Wendt: Licht und Schatten des europäischen Kolonialismus. Reinhards „Die Unterwerfung der Welt“ als Fortschreibung einer globalen Europäisierung

Abstract

Highs and Lows of European Colonialism. Reinhard’s “Unterwerfung der Welt” as a Continuation of the History of a Global Europeanisation
The essay portraits Wolfgang Reinhard’s “Die Unterwerfung der Welt. Globalgeschichte der
europäischen Expansion 1415–2015”. The present volume is a revised and actualized edition of
four volumes, Reinhard had published in the 1980s. The main argument is that European colonial
expansion induced “Europeanization” of other parts of the world. The colonial expansion was rooted
in the competition between European states during their development into modern states. Reinhard
delivers valuable and comprehensive insights into different colonial and post-colonial contexts, from
the early modern period to the present. The volume lacks synthesis and a perspective from local
histories, which might have challenged the narrative Reinhard presents.

Besprochen wird: Reinhard, W.: Die Unterwerfung der Welt (5)