Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This is the first time Sartre's classic work on colonialism has been made available in English. First published in French in 1964, Colonialism and Neocolonialism is a passionate critique of French policies in Algeria in the 1950s and 1960s and an argument for the necessity of decolonisation. It inspired much subsequent writing on colonialism, postcolonialism, politics and literature. It had an important impact on the conduct of the Algerian war itself, and the break up of the French colonial empire cannot be understood without reference to this key text.
Colonialism and Neocolonialism is also famous for its controversial call for the use of violence in achieving political ends. It includes Sartre's celebrated preface to Fanon's classic Wretched of the Earth. Colonialism and Neocolonialism has had a profound impact on French intellectual life, inspiring many other influential French thinkers and critics of colonialism such as Albert Memmi, Francois Lyotard and Frantz Fanon.
Colonialism and Neocolonialism also includes a new preface by Robert Young, specially written for this translation.