imperial boomerang
imperial boomerang · imperial boomerangs
A phenomenon in colonizing countries where techniques of control and repression…A phenomenon in colonizing countries where techniques of control and repression developed for use against the colonized are later used against the citizens of the colonizing country itself.
Meaning
1 sensesA phenomenon in colonizing countries where techniques of control and repression developed for use against the colonized are later used against the citizens of the colonizing country itself.
Forms
plural: imperial boomerangs| Singular | imperial boomerang |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsFoucault's boomerang
See also
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