The Colonizer and the Colonized

In this classic study of European colonialism, Albert Memmi examines the psychological effects of colonial ideology and system on both the coloniser and those colonised.

About the author

Albert Memmi was born in 1920 in Tunisia, when it was a French protectorate. He grew up speaking Tunisia-Judeo-Arabic and French, and went on to be educated at the University of Algiers and the Sorbonne in Paris. During the Second World War, he was imprisoned in a forced labour camp which he later escaped from. A supporter of Tunisian independence in the post war, he left the country for France after independence citing increasing marginalisation due both to his French education and Jewish identity. He published several widely acclaimed novels as well as major works on racism and Judaism. He died in France in 2020.

Summary

In this classic study of European colonialism, Albert Memmi examines the psychological effects of colonial ideology and system on both the coloniser and those colonised.

Foreword

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.

Product details

• Authors: Albert Memmi, Memmi Albert
• Assisted by: Nadine Gordimer (Introduction), Jean-Paul Sartre (Foreword)
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781788167727
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-772-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Social, group or collective psychology, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, French Colonial Empire