Word: settler
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...colonialist's work is to make even dreams of liberty impossible for the native. The native's work is to imagine all possible methods for destroying the colonialist. On a logical plane, the Manichaeism of the settler produces a Manichaeism of the native. To the theory of the "absolute evil of the native" the theory of the "absolue evil of the settler" replies. The appearance of the colonialist has meant in the terms of syncretism the death of the aboriginal society, cultural lethargy, and the petrifaction of individuals. For the native. life can only spring up again...