Western Colonization as Disease: Native Adoption & Cultural Genocide

The West saw itself as a spiritual adventure. It is in the name of the spirit, in the name of the spirit of Europe, that Europe has made her encroachments, that she has justified her crimes and legitimized the slavery in which she holds four-fifths of humanity. Yes, the European spirit has strange...

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Main Author: Wesley Crichlow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2018-12-01
Series:Critical Social Work
Online Access:https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/5647
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Summary:The West saw itself as a spiritual adventure. It is in the name of the spirit, in the name of the spirit of Europe, that Europe has made her encroachments, that she has justified her crimes and legitimized the slavery in which she holds four-fifths of humanity. Yes, the European spirit has strange roots. (Frantz Fanon 1967: 252)
ISSN:1543-9372