Summary of Albert Memmi's The Colonizer and the Colonized

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#1 The economic motives of colonial enterprises are clear today. The cultural and moral mission of a colonizer, even in the beginning, is no longer tenable. Europeans in the colonies want to go home because their lives there are not as good as they were in their own countries.

#2 The settler who has become rich during his time in the colony will not leave until his advantages have run out. He will continue to live there until his livelihood is threatened, at which point he will seriously consider returning to his own land.

#3 The colonizer is in charge of the entire colonial system, from the laws that grant him exorbitant rights, to the systems that exploit the colonized. He cannot help but notice how everything is rigged in his favor, and he cannot avoid living in relation to the two sides of the scale.

#4 A colonial is a European living in a colony who has no privileges. A colonizer is a European living in a colony who has privileges, and a colonialist is a European living in a colony who has both privileges and an attitude of superiority towards other colonists.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822514799

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#1

The economic motives of colonial enterprises are clear today. The cultural and moral mission of a colonizer, even in the beginning, is no longer tenable. Europeans in the colonies want to go home because their lives there are not as good as they were in their own countries.

#2

The settler who has become rich during his time in the colony will not leave until his advantages have run out. He will continue to live there until his livelihood is threatened, at which point he will seriously consider returning to his own land.

#3

The

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The summary was excellent. It allowed for better understanding of Memmi, which is a difficult read.