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Title: Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire, Joan Pinkham, Robin D.G. Kelley, Aime Csaire, Robin D. G. Poetics of Anticolonialism Kelley ISBN: 1-58367-025-4 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent writing, very good perception
Comment: I read Cesaire's 'discours sur le colonialisme' in one afternoon at a coffe place and it was captivating in how intellectually he wrote, with tinges of attitude in the words. A lot of the things he wrote about I already knew from studying a lot about Africa before and what ethnocentricism vs. ethno relativism means when applying yourself and perceptions of other cultures. This book is as applicable in the 1950's as today, I found that America seems to be the new France and Britain, as far as imperialism goes.
This book has so many good points about how one must look at the non Occidental world. Whenever I hear people talking about Africa in a degrading way in that the continent needs the Western world to give it medicine, schools, etc . . .it infuriates me with the lack of research these people have done. Although one can't expect everyone to know, but they would at least get a glimpse if they read this. They would see that it is the fault of the Occidentaux which is why Africa is in the state it is now. Before Europeans went there, the people of this rich, great continent had their own cultures, laws, languages, writing, religions that worked very well for them. Because they were different than Europes ways, they were viewed as primitive and uncivilized, but YOU CAN'T JUDGE CIVILIZATION BY THE MEASURES AND STANDARDS OF ONE CULTURE APPLIED TO ANOTHER, FAR DIFFERENT ONE!!! Just because they didn't write their history down, doesn't mean they didn't have it! They used oral tradition for this, which is just one example of the European's prejudice. If Europe never went there, these African civilizations very well could have flourished and become great as the passage of time went along.
Colonization has done it's damage, Cesaire talks about decolonizing our minds, I wonder how long that will take to accomplish (or if it even really can be? Look at Algeria). I highly recommend this short read to anyone who wants to try to get out of their own cultural shell and think about the way the world is viewed from the viewpoint of others.
Rating: 5
Summary: Power to the People
Comment: Discourse on Colonialism was a serious eye opener. Cesaire made me think about all of the horrible out comes colonialization produced. It was one of the best non-novel books I've read in years.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Indictment Bursting with Emotion
Comment: This book was written before Fanon's "Black Skins, White Masks". Much of what Fanon did in his great debut is elaborate on Cesaire's work, add psychiatric aspects to it, and further explore the ideas of Cesaire.
Cesaire's denounciation of the West (both Europe and the US) is based on two pillars - one is the Western deeply racist and violent attitude towards the then colonized world, and the second is Cesaire's Marxist leanings.He mentions the Soviet Union in one short sentence as an example of a positive society - how were people misled by Stalinist Russia was a mystery. But in the forward by Robin Kelly we learn that Cesaire quit the communist party and denounced Stalinism as early as 1956.
Cesaire's strongest point is that French attitudes towards Africa (half a century ago !) bear a close resemblence to German Nazi attitudes towards Jews and other "inferior" people.
The forward by Robin Kelly and the interview with Cesaire at the end add a lot of subtance to this powerful but short essay.
This book is highly recommended to people who appreciate Fanon, and all those who wish to learn the roots of anti colonial philosophy.
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Title: Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi ISBN: 0807003018 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon ISBN: 0802150845 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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Title: The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon ISBN: 0802150837 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1965 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry) by Aime Cesaire, Annette Smith, Clayton Eshleman ISBN: 0819564524 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Dying Colonialism by Fanon ISBN: 0802150276 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1965 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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