现代殖民活动在早期曾是资本主义的先驱,以后就越来越成为资本撬动世界各个角落的杠杆。殖民扩张的原动力是贪婪的物欲。因而,殖民主义充斥着野蛮与罪恶以及一切现代人人性中最阴暗的东西。黑格尔把恶看作是历史发展动力借以表现的形式。马克思也以“痛苦是快乐的源泉”说明殖民统治对殖民地未来的意义。生活在十九世纪的西欧思想家与二十世纪从殖民主义下摆脱出的人们,对殖民主义的感受会有很大差别。但是,无论对于马克 In the early days, modern colonialism was a pioneer of capitalism and became more and more the lever of capital in every corner of the world. The driving force of colonial expansion is greedy material desire. Thus, colonialism is full of barbarism and sin, as well as the shady things of all modern humanity. Hegel regarded evil as a form of performance by which historical development was motivated. Marx also explained the significance of colonial rule to the future of the colonies with “pain as the source of happiness.” The West European thinkers who lived in the nineteenth century and the people who emerged from colonialism in the twentieth century would have very different feelings about colonialism. However, no matter for Mark