Nearly forty years after its first publication in French, this
collection of Sartre's writings on colonialism remains a supremely
powerful, and relevant, polemical work. Over a series of thirteen essays
Sartre brings the full force of his remarkable intellect relentlessly to
bear on his own country's conduct in Algeria, and by extension, the
West's conduct in the Third World in general. Whether one agrees with
his every conclusion or not, Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism shows a
philosopher passionately engaged in using philosophy as a force for
change in the world. An important influence on postcolonial thought ever
since, this book takes on added resonance in the light of the West's
most recent bout of interference in the non-Western world.