Sartre Against Imperialism
In the mid-1900s, Jean-Paul Sartre became an outspoken critic of France’s violent efforts to keep control of its disintegrating empire – and of the brutality of the colonial system itself.
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Oliver Gloag is associate professor of French and Francophone studies at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. He is the author of Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2020).
In the mid-1900s, Jean-Paul Sartre became an outspoken critic of France’s violent efforts to keep control of its disintegrating empire – and of the brutality of the colonial system itself.