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Establishing Colonial Hegemony through Science: A Study of British India and Robinson’s Mars Trilogy

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Title Establishing Colonial Hegemony through Science: A Study of British India and Robinson’s Mars Trilogy
 
Creator RAJ, ADITYA
PRASAD, STUTI
 
Subject terraforming
science fiction
colonisation
transnationals
hegemony
British colony
 
Description 37-51
Science and technology have always been used as powerful tools,
and technologically advanced countries like the USA are
consequently more powerful. In the modern context, power can be
seen in the hands of transnationals or multinationals that control
society through science. Looking at the historical use of science as
power the example of the British is prominent as they used
science and technology as effective instruments to establish and
consolidate their control over India. For this purpose, they
established scientific universities in India, constructed Railways in
1837 for easy and fast transportation of resources and introduced
postal and telegraphic services.
It is interesting that this strategy of using science and
technology is found across the globe in the hands of those who
want to establish their hegemony. The science fiction Mars
Trilogy, which is very futuristic and imaginative, uses this motif.
In the novel the transnationals, using science and technology, start
shifting the inhabitants of Earth to Mars for the extraction of its
resources and to establish hegemony over the new colony. Mars
Trilogy is an excellent depiction of how colonial powers use
science, and it contains an implicit warning for the future.
 
Date 2022-07-27T10:42:02Z
2022-07-27T10:42:02Z
2022-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2278-2796 (Online); 2278-2788 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60166
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source JST Vol.10(1-2) [January-June 2022]