The White West
Fascism, Unreason, and the Paradox of Modernity
$43.48
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2024
Summary
Tracing the relation between fascism and settler colonialism.
In the aftermath of World War II, the recently liberated nations in Europe were swift to resume colonial oppression abroad. On May 8, 1945, the day victory was celebrated by the Allies, the French police massacred hundreds of townspeople in Sétif, leading the French editor Claude Bourdet to ask, “Are we the Gestapo in Algeria?”
In Europe, what is called “fascism,” poet Aimé Césaire argued in his famous essay “Discou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783956795336 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3956795334 |
| Author: | Ana Teixeira Pinto, Kader Attia, Anselm Franke |
| Publisher: | Sternberg Press |
| Imprint: | Sternberg Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 458g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 145mm x 23mm |
About The Author
Ana Teixeira Pinto
Ana Teixeira Pinto is a writer and theorist, based in Berlin.
Kader Attia is a French/Algerian artist and the founder of La Colonie, an institution devoted to decolonial theory.
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