The Colonizer and the Colonized - Softcover

Memmi, Albert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844070409 ISBN 13: 9781844070404

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844070409
• ISBN 13: 9781844070404
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 200