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The Stranger King theory offers a framework to understand global colonialism. It seeks to explain the apparent ease whereby many indigenous peoples subjugated themselves to an alien colonial power and places state formation by colonial powers within the continuum of earlier, similar but indigenous processes. It highlights the imposition of colonialism not as the result of the breaking of the spirit of local communities by brute force, or as reflecting an ignorant peasantry's acquiescence in the lies of its self-interested leaders, but as a people's rational and productive acceptance of an opportunity offered. The theory was developed by Marshall Sahlins in the Pacific region and is described by David Henley using the North Sulawesi region in Indonesia as his prime case study. The ''Stranger King'' theory suggests similarities and divergences between pre-colonial and colonial processes of state-formation enabling to build with insight on the historiography of the colonial transition in the Asia-Pacific part of the world.〔Henley, David () ''Jealousy and Justice; The Indigenous Roots of Colonial Rule in Northern Sulawesi.'' (Free University Press, Amsterdam, 2002) ISBN 90.5383.797.7 ()〕 ==The theory== The ''Stranger King'' theory argues that many indigenous peoples accepted the imposition of foreign colonial influence, i.e. the ''Stranger King'', as a means of conflict resolution. In doing so, the ''Stranger King'' theory challenges binary oppositions of ‘tradition versus modernity’ and ‘nationalism versus imperialism’ paradigms and it places state formation by colonial powers within the continuum of earlier, similar but indigenous processes. The theory particularly builds on the English seventeenth century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes' depiction of traditional indigenous societies existing in a state of 'Warre', envy, and conflict. The theory was developed by the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins in his analysis of Pacific communities, such as Fiji. He argued that indigenous societies in a state of ‘Warre’ would tend to welcome the arrival of an impartial and strong ''Stranger King'', capable of resolving conflict since his position outside and above the community would given him a unique authority. Consistent with this theory, scholars such as Jim Fox and Leonard Andaya have emphasized parallels between (east) Indonesia and the Pacific world, while David Henley has applied the ''Stranger King'' concept on North Sulawesi.〔Henley, David () ''Jealousy and Justice; The Indigenous Roots of Colonial Rule in Northern Sulawesi.'' (Free University Press, Amsterdam, 2002) ISBN 90.5383.797.7 ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stranger King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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