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Mission civilisatrice
The mission civilisatrice, or civilising mission, was the ideology used to justify French colonial rule. It claimed that France had a duty to spread its language, culture and values to colonised peoples. It shaped education and policy in the French Empire, while masking exploitation and coercion.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mission civilisatrice. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mission-civilisatrice
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