The Colonizer and the Colonized - Couverture souple

Memmi, Albert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853830704 ISBN 13 : 9781853830709

Editeur : Earthscan Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

This study of colonial oppression was written before the Franco-Algerian war and predicted the outcome and aftermath of that war. It reveals the springs and mechanisms common to all forms of oppression of one group by another and speaks to all who have experience of the Third World whether they live in the Third World or the First, for in revealing the mechanisms at the base of oppression, Memmi has also revealed the springs of all oppression of one group by another. A new introduction is added which will consider the light thrown on recent British/Irish experience by Memmi and the ways in which that experience gives a new dimension to the importance of Memmi's book.The author's other books include "The Pillar of Salt", "Strangers" and "Portrait of a Jew".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

Albert Memmi was born in Tunis in 1920. During the Second World War he was arrested and interned in a forced-labour, from which he eventually managed to escape. After the War, he studied at the University of Algiers and at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he received his degree in philosophy. He has taught both in Tunis and Paris, where he now lives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Earthscan Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853830704
• ISBN 13: 9781853830709
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible