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Defending the flag of a torpid empire: The VOC in Bengal, 1759-1763
International Journal of Maritime History Pub Date : 2020-08-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0843871420956493
Gijs Rommelse 1
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In 1759, the VOC perpetrated a spectacular blunder. The Company’s management in Batavia took the decision to send an expedition to Bengal in order to hinder the EIC. The result was disastrous: the expeditionary force was defeated and the VOC could henceforth only continue its operations in Bengal at the sufferance of the British. Most historians have interpreted the expedition as ill-conceived. The ideological dimension seems to have gone completely unnoticed, however. This article contends that this should not only be regarded as a strategic error, but also as the consequence of ideological considerations. This case, it is argued, demonstrates the existence of a corporate self-perception – shared, or at least adhered to, by the highest managerial echelons – of the Company as a manifestation of the Dutch nation and the extension of its state. This patriotism was interwoven with overarching discourses on the identity of the slowly dissolving Republic.

中文翻译:

捍卫一个迟钝帝国的旗帜:孟加拉的 VOC,1759-1763 年

1759 年,VOC 犯了一个惊人的错误。公司在巴达维亚的管理层决定向孟加拉派遣一支探险队,以阻挠 EIC。结果是灾难性的:远征军被击败,VOC 从此只能在英国人的忍耐下继续在孟加拉开展行动。大多数历史学家都认为这次远征是考虑不周。然而,意识形态层面似乎完全被忽视了。本文认为,这不仅应视为战略错误,而且应视为意识形态考虑的结果。有人认为,这个案例表明,公司存在一种公司自我认知——公司最高管理层共享或至少坚持——作为荷兰民族及其国家扩展的体现。
更新日期:2020-08-01
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