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At the individual level violence is a cleansing force, ridding the colonized of inferiority and despair and restoring self-confidence
Drawn from what Frantz Fanon said
What Frantz Fanon actually said
- Frantz Fanon French psychiatrist and political philosopher from Martinique (1925 to 1961)
At the individual level, violence is a cleansing force. It rids the colonized of their inferiority complex, of their passive and despairing attitude. It emboldens them, and restores their self-confidence.
Where this was said
↗The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox)books.google.com
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