CéSaire's Conviction
Consider Césaire's conviction that nothing about colonialism can be considered progressive. Do you agree? Why does this question bear heavily on the post-colonial nation building experiment?
"No one colonizes innocently, (that) no one colonizes with impunity either; (that) a civilization which justifies colonization – and therefore force – is already a sick civilization, a civilization that is morally diseased." (Césaire, 17)
Césaire's evaluation of colonialism was not merely a critique of colonialism as a system of exploitation and domination; rather, it extended to the civilization that produced, perpetrated, supported, accepted and justified this phenomenon. The criticism of colonialism on the basis of European civilization is in fact been articulated by many theorists, predominantly those dealing with cultural and psychological aspects of colonialism. Fanon, Cabral, Memmi along with Césaire are some of the notable scholars who have dealt with this issue. They......
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