Az 1955-ös bandungi ázsiai–afrikai konferencia és a gyarmatosítás kérdése

Absztrakt

Seventy years have passed since 29 – mostly newly independent – Asian and African nations convened in the Indonesian city of Bandung to discuss matters of mutual concern. Despite their diverse political, ideological, and socioeconomic backgrounds, the condemnation of colonialism was a central unifying theme for the Afro-Asian movement. Yet reaching a consensus on this issue proved more difficult than anticipated. This paper explores how the question of colonialism was addressed at the 1954 Colombo Conference and the subsequent 1955 Bandung Conference, with particular attention to the contextual and conceptual frameworks employed by the delegations. Drawing primarily on speeches and recollections of the delegates, this study demonstrates that Cold War antagonisms permeating the conferences prevented the emergence of genuine consensus. Instead, it argues, the participants arrived at a carefully negotiated “semantic compromise” open to multiple interpretations.