Description: Discourse on Colonialism, Hardcover by Cesaire, Aime; Kelley, Robin D. G. (EDT); Pinkham, Joan (TRN), ISBN 1583670246, ISBN-13 9781583670248, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK "Césaire's essay stands as an important document in the development of third world consciousness--a process in which [he] played a prominent role." --Library Journal This classic work, first published in France in 1955, profoundly influenced the generation of scholars and activists at the forefront of liberation struggles in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Nearly twenty years later, when published for the first time in English, Discourse on Colonialism inspired a new generation engaged in the Civil Rights, Black Power, and anti-war movements and has sold more than 75,000 copies to date. Aimé Césaire eloquently describes the brutal impact of capitalism and colonialism on both the colonizer and colonized, exposing the contradictions and hypocrisy implicit in western notions of "progress" and "civilization" upon encountering the "savage," "uncultured," or "primitive." Here, Césaire reaffirms African values, identity, and culture, and their relevance, reminding us that "the relationship between consciousness and reality are extremely complex. . . . It is equally necessary to decolonize our minds, our inner life, at the same time that we decolonize society." An interview with Césaire by the poet René Depestre is also included.
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Book Title: Discourse on Colonialism
Item Height: 178 mm
Item Width: 139 mm
Author: Aime Cesaire
Publication Name: Discourse on Colonialism
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2000
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 249 g
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
