"Exterminate all the brutes"

one man's odyssey into the heart of darkness and the orgins of European genocide

179 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 2007 by The New Press.

ISBN:
978-1-56584-359-2
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OCLC Number:
124099678

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4 stars (1 review)

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tough and direct and eloquent

4 stars

Colonialism has always meant genocidal extinction, and with Kendi-esque clarity Lindqvist charts the shifting justifications and revelations swept aside or welcomed in "civilized" society grappling with these terrors and all too normal evils. The elements of the author's own travelogue and of Conrad's literary and experiential background for "Heart of Darkness" are minor counterpoints to a forceful documentation of societal guilt.

Subjects

  • Racism
  • Racism in literature
  • Genocide
  • Genocide -- Europe -- History
  • Africa
  • Europe