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“Unveiling this woman is revealing her beauty; it is baring her secret, breaking her resistance, making her available for adventure. Hiding the face is also disguising a secret; it is also creating a world of mystery, of the hidden. In a confused way, the European experiences his relation with the Algerian woman at a highly complex level. There is in it the will to bring this woman within his reach, to make her a possible object of possession.
This woman who sees without being seen frustrates the colonizer. There is no reciprocity. She does not yield herself, does not give herself, does not offer herself.”
― A Dying Colonialism
This woman who sees without being seen frustrates the colonizer. There is no reciprocity. She does not yield herself, does not give herself, does not offer herself.”
― A Dying Colonialism
“Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
“please delete this quote to avoid spreading misinformation. These are not his words. This quote is a part of someone else’s quote he cited in his review of Industrial Society and Its Future. He prefaced the quote with “A take I found online that I think is interesting.”
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“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
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“please delete this quote to avoid spreading misinformation. These were not Mangione’s words. This quote is a part of someone else’s quote he cited in his review of Industrial Society and Its Future. He prefaced the quote with “A take I found online that I think is interesting.”
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