More than half a century after the end of Western colonization, decolonialism is experiencing a remarkable boom. At the risk of twisting certain historical truths… More than half a century after the end of colonization, at least Western colonization, decolonialism, an ideology developed in the following century, is experiencing a remarkable boom. Oddly enough, it almost never mentions the role of anticolonialist and internationalist currents, and it rewrites history “in blacks and whites”. We thus read that the 19the century would have been that of slavery, whereas it was that of abolitions, often by the colonizers themselves. Read more on the Point website
Decolonial tyrants, ordinary fascists
Decolonial tyrants, ordinary fascists
Francois Rastier
François Rastier is an honorary research director at the CNRS and a member of the Laboratory for the Analysis of Contemporary Ideologies (LAIC). Latest work: Petite mystique du genre, Paris, Intervalles, 2023.
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