“Imperialism, or the conquest and colonization of other populations, other peoples, has had as one of its side effects the growth of a discourse of objectivity. That is, when you encounter something new, something strange, something different, you have to find categories for it, you have to come to terms with new objects.” DifferentSidesGrowthTermEffectsObjectsStrangePopulationEncountersSomething NewCategoriesDiscourseImperialismConquestObjectivityColonizationSide Effects Author:W. J. T. Mitchell
“I think it's very important to distinguish between objectivity - which tends to be open, flexible, skeptical of its own certainty and open to new information - and objectivism - which thinks, "No, we know it all, we've got it, so real thinking and learning can come to an end."” ThinkingKnowsImportantRealEndsInformationCertaintyFlexibleSkepticalObjectivityKnow It AllObjectivismNew Information Author:W. J. T. Mitchell