The Colonizer and the Colonized

The Colonizer and the Colonized

Written in 1956 when Morocco and Tunisia gained independence from France and soon after the Algerian war had started, this book describes the inescapable bonds between colonizer and colonized. Born in Tunis, Memmi is one of the colonized, but as a Jew, he identified culturally with the colonizer. He moved to France in 1956 and draws on his experience to analyze vividly how colonizer and colonized are mutually dependent, and ultimately both victims of colonialism.

â€œThe Colonizer and the Colonized [is] now regarded as a classic description of the inner dynamics of racism and colonialism, a work that in its economic and political sophistication, its sober perceptions of the interdependence of colonizer and colonized, rivals Franz Fanonâ€™s more famous but more romantic Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth.â€ â€” Richard Locke, The New York Times

â€œThe subject of colonialism has rarely been treated more lucidly and devastatingly than in this book.â€ â€” Library Journal

â€œWidely influential.â€ â€” New Yorker

â€œConfiscated by colonial police throughout the world since its 1957 publication, The Colonizer and the Colonized is an important document of our times, an invaluable warning for all future generations.â€ â€” Los Angeles Times

â€œAlbert Memmiâ€™s characterology of master and servant has a personal as well as a social dimension. The pecking order he describes has its accurate analogues in the lives of middle-class Americans.â€ â€” Emile Capouya, Saturday Review
Country USA
Manufacturer Plunkett Lake Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-03-09
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Plunkett Lake Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-03-09
Format	Kindle eBook

The Colonizer and the Colonized

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