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Published: 1st February 2006
ISBN: 9780415378468
Number Of Pages: 252
"Sartre is a true post-colonial pioneer. His ethical and political struggle against all forms of oppression and exploitation speak to the problems of our own times with a rare courage and cogency."
Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature Harvard University
Nearly forty years after its first publication in French, this collection of Sartre's writings on colonialism remains a supremely powerful, and relevant, polemical work. Over a series of thirteen essays Sartre brings the full force of his remarkable intellect relentlessly to bear on his own country's conduct in Algeria, and by extension, the West's conduct in the Third World in general. The tussle is not equal, and the western imperialists emerge at the end, bloody, bruised and thoroughly chastened. Most startling of all is Sartre's advocacy of violence as a legitimate response to repression, motivated by his belief that freedom was the central characteristic of being human. Whether one agrees with his every conclusion or not, "Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism" shows a philosopher passionately engaged in using philosophy as a force for change in the world. An important influence on postcolonial thought ever since, this book takes on added resonance in the light of the West's most recent bout of interference in the non-Western world.
'Uncalled for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.' - Jean-Paul Sartre
| Introduction : remembering Sartre | p. 1 |
| From one China to another | p. 22 |
| Colonialism is a system | p. 36 |
| Albert Memmi's The colonizer and the colonized | p. 56 |
| You are wonderful | p. 63 |
| We are all murderers | p. 72 |
| A victory | p. 75 |
| The pretender | p. 89 |
| The constitution of contempt | p. 100 |
| The frogs who demand a king | p. 109 |
| The analysis of the referendum | p. 135 |
| The sleepwalkers | p. 147 |
| The wretched of the Earth | p. 153 |
| The political thought of Patrice Lumumba | p. 175 |
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ISBN: 9780415378468
ISBN-10: 041537846X
Series: Routledge Classics
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 252
Published: 1st February 2006
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 13.3
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.3
Edition Number: 1
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