''Colonialism and Neocolonialism'' by
Jean-Paul Sartre
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(first published in French in 1964) is a controversial and influential critique of
French policies in
Algeria
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. It argues for French disengagement from its former
Overseas Empire and controversially defending the rights of violent resistance by groups such as the Algerian
FLN in order to achieve this.
Its text includes Sartre's preface to
Frantz Fanon's ''
Wretched of the Earth
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Albert Memmi, and
Jean-François Lyotard.
References
* Jean-Paul Sartre. Colonialism and Neocolonialism'', translated by Steve Brewer, Azzedine Haddour, Terry McWilliams; republished in 2001 by Routledge France. .
1964 non-fiction books
Books by Jean-Paul Sartre
French non-fiction books
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