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Economy: Economy is the system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services within a society. It determines how resources are allocated and how goods and services are produced and distributed. See also Economics, Markets, Goods, Labour, Society.
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Frantz Fanon on Economy - Dictionary of Arguments

Brocker I 387
Economy/Postcolonialism/Fanon: Thesis: The post-colonial bourgeoisies have neglected to change the colonial economic
Brocker I 388
structures that were strongly geared to the export of raw materials and agricultural raw products. Instead of taking measures of industrialisation and economic modernisation, they would have cultivated local handicrafts - for their own profit (1), and under the seal of tourism organized "recreational centres and amusement cures for the Western bourgeoisie", thus making "their country a brothel of Europe" (2).
>Colonialism, >Postcolonialism.
Agricultural production/post-colonialism/Fanon: exploitation has even intensified here. (3)
Government budget: mostly feeds on bonds and economic aid from the former metropolises, leading to a "neo-colonialist structure". Ultimately its therefore to combat the national bourgeoisies that carry these structures.
Solution/Fanon: a nationalisation of the service sector through the creation of decentralised, democratically organised sales and purchasing cooperatives. (4)

1. Frantz Fanon, Les damnés de la terre, Paris 1961. Dt.: Frantz Fanon, Die Verdammten dieser Erde, Frankfurt/M. 1981, S. 129
2. Ibid. p. 131
3. Ibid. p. 132
4. Ibid. p. 153f.

Ina Kerner „Frantz Fanon, Die Verdammten dieser Erde“, in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018


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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

PolFanon I
Frantz Fanon
Les Damnés de la Terre, Paris 1963 - Engl Transl. The Wretched of the Earth, New York 1963
German Edition:
Die Verdammten dieser Erde Reinbek 1969

Brocker I
Manfred Brocker
Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018


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