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The Colonizer and the Colonized (1957)

by Albert Memmi

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Albert Memmi's classic work stands as one of the most powerful and psychologically penetrating studies of colonial oppression ever written. Dissecting the minds of both the oppressor and the oppressed, Memmi reveals truths about the colonial situation and struggle that are as relevant today as they were five decades ago.Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer's new critical Introduction draws Memmi into the 21st century by reflecting on his achievements and highlighting his omissions. In doing so she opens new avenues of enquiry for scholars and students, and exposes new directions for activists seeking a more just world order in our neo-colonial age.With the fires of war, terrorism and protest burning around the globe, never has Memmi's work been such relevant and necessary reading.… (more)
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  OberlinSWAP | Aug 1, 2015 |
« Le colonisateur qui se refuse », c’est celui qui quitte la colonie sans esprit de retour pour ne pas être associé au « fait colonial ».
 

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Gordimer, NadineIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Greenfeld, HowardTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sartre, Jean-PaulIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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On se plaît encore quelquefois à représenter le colonisateur comme un homme de grande taille, bronzé par le soleil, chaussé de demi-bottes, appuyé sur une pelle - car il ne dédaigne pas de mettre la main à l'ouvrage, fixant son regard au loin sur l'horizon de ses terres ; entre deux actions contre la nature, il se prodigue aux hommes, soigne les malades et répand la culture, un noble aventurier enfin, un pionnier.
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La notion de privilège, je l'ai pourtant assez répété, est au cœur de la relation coloniale. Privilège économique, sans nul doute ; et je saisis l'occasion pour le réaffirmer fortement : l'aspect économique de la colonisation est pour moi fondamental. Le livre ne s'ouvre-t-il pas par une dénonciation d'une prétendue mission morale ou culturelle de la colonisation et par montrer que le notion de profit est essentielle ?
Si le petit colonisateur défend le système colonial avec tant d'âpreté, c'est qu'il en est peu ou prou bénéficiaire. La mystification réside en ceci que, pour défendre ses intérêts très limités, il e, défend d'autres infiniment plus importants, et dont il est par ailleurs victime. Mais, dupe et victime, il y trouve aussi son compte.
Tout se passe, enfin, comme si la colonisation contemporaine était un raté de l'histoire. Par sa fatalité propre et par égoïsme, elle aura en tout échoué, pollué tout ce qu'elle aura touché. Elle aura pourri le colonisateur et détruit le colonisé.
Pour mieux triompher, elle s'est voulue au service unique d'elle-même. Mais, excluant l'homme colonisé, par lequel seul elle aurait pu marquer la colonie, elle s'est condamnée à y demeurer étrangère, donc nécessairement éphémère.
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Albert Memmi's classic work stands as one of the most powerful and psychologically penetrating studies of colonial oppression ever written. Dissecting the minds of both the oppressor and the oppressed, Memmi reveals truths about the colonial situation and struggle that are as relevant today as they were five decades ago.Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer's new critical Introduction draws Memmi into the 21st century by reflecting on his achievements and highlighting his omissions. In doing so she opens new avenues of enquiry for scholars and students, and exposes new directions for activists seeking a more just world order in our neo-colonial age.With the fires of war, terrorism and protest burning around the globe, never has Memmi's work been such relevant and necessary reading.

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