Camus, untouchable? A new book accuses him of being a colonialist and rekindles the controversy with Sartre
Scholar Olivier Gloag, author of an essay that attempts to dismantle the Camusian legend, is criticized for wanting to cancel the philosopher
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Scholar Olivier Gloag, author of an essay that attempts to dismantle the Camusian legend, is criticized for wanting to cancel the philosopher
Published clandestinely in Algeria as a pamphlet, December 1965; trans. by Ken Knabb
Throughout history, some communist party leaders miscalculated political situations and clashed with national revolutionary movements hostile to colonialism and imperialism.
In the many forms it took throughout 2020, the movement challenging statues is irreversible and that is why it is under attack. It is part of the global challenge to a modernity that shaped the world according to racial and sexist criteria that destroyed cultures, silenced voices, erased knowledge, and pillaged to fill its museums and palaces.
As France celebrated victory in Europe on 8 May 1945, its army was massacring thousands of civilians in Sétif and Guelma - events that were the (...)