In this classic study of European colonialism, Albert Memmi examines the psychological effects of colonial ideology and system on both the colonizer and those colonised.
Born in 1920 in Tunisia, when it was a French protectorate, Albert
Memmi was educated at the University of Algiers and the Sorbonne in
Paris. He published several widely acclaimed novels as well as
major works on racism and Judaism. He died in France in 2020.
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer, Booker Prize winner and
Nobel Laureate.
Nobel Prize winner, playwright, and philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre
was a leading public intellectual for much of the 20th century.
Widely influential
*New Yorker*
Enlightening, disturbing and thoughtful.
*Glasgow Herald*
Confiscated by colonial police throughout the world since its 1957
publication, The Colonizer and the Colonized is an important
document of our times, an invaluable warning for all future
generations.
*Los Angeles Times*
The subject of colonialism has rarely been treated more lucidly and
devastatingly than in this book
*Library Journal*
The sickness of the world ... cannot be healed by traditional
masters of the world alone.
*Nadine Gordimer*
Memmi's analysis of the sociological and psychological effects of
colonialism had and retains a wider application.
*Guardian*
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