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Hi Lubomir I agree that this is one primary tool, it works as a key element in the genocide you describe...however Identity construction concerning 'others' is a partner tool with - identity construction concerning 'self' ...artefacts of 'self' that drive the will (the colonial entitlement) to dominate. If there is a primary tool of colonialism it is the self-construction as a superior (more moral rational etc. etc. )agency which the construction of others as less serves & supports....however these tools in my mind are relational not hierarchical they pattern their social-relations in various ways. This is evident in the understanding that the dominant needs its attributions concerning others as lesser artefacts to generate its own self-identity as superior...such an artefact of self is then employed to convince its own population to adopt a specific version of themselves so that they will then "justifiably" enact dominance and brutalize "lesser and unworthy" others. Norm At 07:57 PM 24/10/2004 -0400, Lubomir S. Popov wrote: >>Identity construction is one of the primary tools of colonialism... > >Actually, the destruction of identity is the primary tool of colonialism. >In the human history, after subjugating a people or a nation, the first >task of the aggressors was to destroy people's identity and to create an >amorphous mass of confused, disorganized, and dehumanized creatures. We >have recently heard a lot about an identity destruction scandal in one >country in the Middle East. Some of the actions are mass executions >of leaders, destruction of temples, mass rape, humiliation of males, >creating food shortages and control over the distribution of food, >prostitution as a means for obtaining resources, and so on. > >Best, > >Lubomir