In the next chapter we will consider more closely the ways in which capital and knowledge, in its different forms and as defined in the previous chapter, enter into relation in colonial history. Before undertaking this task, it is however necessary to further clarify the theoretical framework in which such encounters will be analysed. As a matter of fact, the capitalistic accumulation of knowledge is not intrinsically specific to colonial settings; on the contrary, it should be considered coextensive with capitalism at large: in this sense, it is sufficient to consider the repeatedly mentioned and almost paradigmatic case of Taylor, but many other examples from the whole modern history could be obviously given1.