![]() They merely ship resources from the country to Europe. Instead, they primarily serve as intermediaries. In turn, they cannot truly nationalize the economy. It does not have strong industries or a long enough history to really know how to control the economy. ![]() ![]() But this new ruling class is an “underdeveloped bourgeoisie,” Fanon says. That is, the colonized people who had the most power under colonialism take over power from the colonial regime once it is overthrown. Once colonialism is overthrown, there is a “national bourgeoisie” made up of the formerly colonized elite. Under colonialism, there was a “colonial bourgeoisie” full of the elite colonists who controlled the colony. ![]() But now the question becomes how the urban and rural areas can be united into a single “national consciousness.” That is, once the colonists have lost their power, weakened by the insurrection, how does a nation form to replace them and centralize power by and for the newly liberated people?įanon begins his discussion with the “national bourgeoisie.” The bourgeoisie is the class of people in a society that controls the economy and means of production. We have seen that violence erupts in the rural areas, shifting the fight against colonialism away from an urban emphasis on political or labor parties. In this chapter, Fanon continues his roughly historical progression through the anticolonial fight. ![]()
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