“The colonized subject also manages to lose sight of the colonist through religion. Fatalism relieves the oppressor of all responsibility since the cause of wrong-doing, poverty, and the inevitable can be attributed to God. The individual thus accepts the devastation decreed by God, grovels in front of the colonist, bows to the hand of fate, and mentally readjusts to acquire the serenity of stone.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
“He longed for certainty, and was afraid of it.”
― Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
― Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
“The ‘realism’ here is analogous to the deflationary perspective of a depressive who believes that any positive state, any hope, is a dangerous illusion.”
― Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
― Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
“The nationalist leaders know that international opinion is forged solely by the Western press. When a Western journalist interviews us, however, it is seldom done to render us service.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
“A la stratégie du Dien-Bien-Phu, définie par le colonisé, le colonialiste répond par la stratégie de l’encadrement... dans le respect de la souveraineté des Etats.”
― Les damnés de la terre
― Les damnés de la terre
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