Decolonization and the Decolonized

Decolonization and the Decolonized

In this time of global instability and widespread violence, Albert Memmiâ€”author of the highly influential and groundbreaking work The Colonizer and the Colonizedâ€”turns his attention to the present-day situation of formerly colonized peoples. In Decolonization and the Decolonized, Memmi expands his intellectual engagement with the subject and examines the manifold causes of the failure of decolonization efforts throughout the world.As outspoken and controversial as ever, Memmi initiates a much-needed discussion of the ex-colonized and refuses to idealize those who are too often painted as hapless victims. He shows how, in light of a radically changed world, it would be problematicâ€”and even irresponsibleâ€”to continue to deploy concepts that were useful and valid during the period of anticolonial struggle.Decolonization and the Decolonized contributes to the most current debates on Islamophobia in France, the â€œnewâ€ anti-Semitism, and the unrelenting poverty gripping the African continent. Memmi, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Tunis, and focuses primarily on what he calls the Arab-Muslim condition, while also incorporating comparisons with South America, Asia, Black Africa, and the United States. In Decolonization and the Decolonized, Memmi has written that rare bookâ€”a manifesto informed by intellect and animated by passionâ€”that will propel public analysis of the most urgent global issues to a new level.Albert Memmi is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Paris, Nanterre, and the author of Racism (Minnesota, 1997).Robert Bononno, a teacher and translator, lives in New York City.
Country USA
Manufacturer Univ Of Minnesota Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-02-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Univ Of Minnesota Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-02-15
Format	Kindle eBook

Decolonization and the Decolonized

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