Discourse On Colonialism By Aime Cesaire

Aime Cesaire’s Discourse on Colonialism, first published in 1955, reads as a passionate and scathing piece of prose, laying heavy, but warranted criticism on Europe, the oppressed classes and those who continue to allow such oppression to continue. While being written around 1955 specifically about colonialism, it bears many explicit and metaphorical statements which can be applied to our situation today, both in terms of racial struggles as well as struggles against capitalism and imperialism. While

pieces of literature and thinking about ways to expand the language written and the ideologies introduced and argued upon. They often recompose the works of other writers to emphasize crucial points that were purposely suppressed in their work. Aimé Césaire performed this act in his re-invention of The Tempest (1611). Rather than completely erasing the characters and their dialogues, he expands and modernizes Shakespeare’s The Tempest; and unveils the mask that hid the effect of power. This cultural

domination of the West.   Leopold Senghor, Leon Damas, and Aime Cesaire are the three pioneers of the revolution.  The founder who expresses his ideas more broadly, though, is Cesaire, who uses literary works to express his viewpoint on colonization.  An excellent example of such a tactic is his play, A Tempest, which is a revision of

Decolonization, as one of the most significant movements throughout the twentieth century, has always been debated between the colonizers and colonized under certain historical circumstances. M.K Gandhi, Aimé Césaire, and Frantz Fanon, as the avant-gardes of decolonization movement, addressed their ideologies on the relationship between European colonists and colonial states, and their views on the process of gaining national freedom. Nevertheless, as Fanon defined in the article “On Violence” from

be discussed in regards to Prospero and his relationship with Caliban as his master. Caliban is, for the most part, a very one-dimensional and static character that only serves to ensure Prospero and his daughter Miranda survive on their island. Aime Cesaire, a Martinican playwright and poet, authors his own reinterpretation of The Tempest and shifts the audience’s attention from Prospero’s vengeance to Caliban and his relationship to Prospero. In his reinterpretation,

these tenets, colonialism may not be limited to imperialism, and a broader range of oppressive movements could be targeted and associated using Discourse on Colonialism. Slavery in the United States and compulsory heterosexuality are parallel institutions of colonization because they are fundamentally based on an oppressor, who uses a fallacious ideology and is barbarized by colonization, and an oppressed, who is stifled and belittled for the benefit of others. Colonialism begins with

severely diminished? Some scholars attribute uneven development to geography, arguing that location has played a large role. By analyzing the destruction of agricultural and infrastructural industries, economies, and human potential, I argue that colonialism has played a critical role in the uneven development in our world today, and deserves more acknowledgement in development theory. Despite negative accounts of colonized civilizations being “savage,” these societies were in fact quite sophisticated

of colonization. Thus, Aimé Césaire in Discourse on Colonialism (1950) stages a trial, similar to the Nuremberg trials, to emphasize his claim that colonialism is also a crime against humanity which must be recognized. He uses his authority to speak on the behalf of those who have been oppressed, who have been dehumanized in the process of colonization, to question and define what the relationship and situation of civilization and colonization. The situation is that Césaire sets the foundation of

When it comes to delegating responsibility, allocating power, and demanding equality, there always seems to be an underlying bias towards the masculine sector of society, which allows an imbalance regarding gender equality. Understanding where this way of thinking comes from is an essential part of trying to shift and completely erase the bias. Throughout history, a patriarchal pattern and way of thinking has been passed down from generation to generation; what we fail to see is the reason for this

Marxism is a method of analyzing socioeconomic status. This idea/method of Marxism started in the mid to late 19th century with the philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles: they analyzed the class relationships and the societal conflict. The Marxist methodology used economic, social, and political ideas to understand the development of capitalism and the role of class struggle in relation with the economic change. The analysis showed that the class conflict came from the problems between the