Frantz Fanon, a psychiatrist and philosopher from Martinique, remains one of the most influential thinkers on the psychological effects of colonialism.
Great piece. I have written on the same topic myself in the Irish context. The process of decolonisation is an inter generational project in my view. Without it we cannot dismantle the current systems of inequality.
It reminds me of how they break elephants by tying them to small stakes in the ground when babies - conditioning them to think they can never break free so why bother?
Fanon is so necessary, not only to colonized. Colonizer mindset is everywhere in developed countries as a normal behavior. The fucking WWll was all about fighting fascism, but what the winners did one minute after the winning: practiced fascism in the colonies pushing back independence movements. Grotesque ... Not to mention the overall support of developed countries to the Gaza genocide.. the ultimate colonialist war
Great piece. I have written on the same topic myself in the Irish context. The process of decolonisation is an inter generational project in my view. Without it we cannot dismantle the current systems of inequality.
It reminds me of how they break elephants by tying them to small stakes in the ground when babies - conditioning them to think they can never break free so why bother?
Fanon is so necessary, not only to colonized. Colonizer mindset is everywhere in developed countries as a normal behavior. The fucking WWll was all about fighting fascism, but what the winners did one minute after the winning: practiced fascism in the colonies pushing back independence movements. Grotesque ... Not to mention the overall support of developed countries to the Gaza genocide.. the ultimate colonialist war