Sven Lindqvist's "Exterminate All the Brutes": A Journey into the Roots of European Genocide and the Dark Depths of Human Nature

Sven Lindqvist's "Exterminate All the Brutes" is a compelling journey into the depths of African history, exploring the origins of European genocide. This acclaimed book is one of the best African history Books available, offering a high-quality binding and easy-to-read pages. It's a great value for money and a must-read for anyone interested in the continent's past.

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Sven Lindqvist's "Exterminate All The Brutes" is an exploration of the origins of European genocide and its impact on the world. Through his journey into the depths of darkness, Lindqvist provides readers with a powerful and heartbreaking examination of the consequences of colonialism and imperialism. With vivid storytelling, Lindqvist paints a vivid picture of the brutality of the past and the lasting effects of violence and oppression. By delving into the disturbing history of European genocide, Lindqvist offers an essential and thought-provoking look at our shared history.
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Details of Sven Lindqvist's "Exterminate All the Brutes": A Journey into the Roots of European Genocide and the Dark Depths of Human Nature

  • Paperback ‏ ‎: 179 pages
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
  • Travelogues & Travel Essays: Travelogues & Travel Essays
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: The New Press
  • Best Sellers Rank: #35 in General Africa Travel Books#192 in Travelogues & Travel Essays#352 in Discrimination & Racism
  • Customer Reviews: 4.7/5 stars of 386 ratings
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-1565843592
  • General Africa Travel Books: General Africa Travel Books
  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 1565843592
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 8 ounces
  • Discrimination & Racism: Discrimination & Racism
  • Language ‏ ‎: English

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Dr Omar Altalib: What I liked about the book is the description of the Algerian desert towns. Regarding European colonialism, there are interesting tidbits of information but it does need to have a stronger unifying theme

United States on Apr 30, 2023

Amazon Customer: Well educated book all should read

United States on Jan 01, 2023

Grandma Alice: Breaks my heart. We are thus. Lindquist describes in language both poetic and scholarly the brutal path taken through the lands of others by "civilized" forces in the name of progress.The colonizers have all been murderers. Belgian, French, English, Spanish, German, American, and more. Kurtz continues to exterminate even to this day. The connecting threads are well laid out, all the way to Nazi Germany and beyond. Highly readable.

United States on Sep 21, 2021

Poor audience member: A convincing essay about what makes genocide possible and how one genocide can easily lead to another. As a person of Jewish descent, I’m not often comfortable hearing or reading that other genocides may have similarities to The Holocaust, not because those similarities don’t exist (because, of course, they do) but rather that I am always wary of the possibility that any rationale (no matter how well presented) might diminish the severity of that particular genocide. Nevertheless, I found Lindqvist’s essay fair and persuasive. While showing the historical trail that led to The Holocaust, a trail that killed people in other parts of the world as brutally and psychopathically as the Jews in Europe, Lindqvist does seem to eventually suggest something of a distinction between The Holocaust and many other genocides: the probability of a Jew being left alive to act as a slave was less than someone of another ethnicity at that time. Jews were meant to merely die. Therefore, this fact places The Holocaust in the same category as the killing of the Armenians by the Turkish government, the killing of Tutsis by Hutus in Rwanda, and any other mass murder where many members of a...

United States on Jun 28, 2021

KimP: This book was extremely eye opening. Lindqvist discusses history in a manner that’s fair and approachable to everyone. I’ve already ordered two more of his books.

Canada on Jul 12, 2019

apelsinas: the book answered t the description, love it and definately recommend the seller!

United Kingdom on Sep 03, 2015

Francis Glorieux: I knew that book which I consider as one of the major history books of the last 20 years.
I bought it to offer it to a friend

Canada on Apr 13, 2015

Ilya Grigorik: Exterminate All the Brutes is brief and disturbing; Sven Lindqvist unveils the realities and moral convictions we have almost completely repressed. Just as the author suggests, the book shatters the image we have of ourselves, but even more importantly, it is distressing how relevant his ideas and Conrad's `Heart of Darkness' are in the world today - again.

The title of the book is taken from Joseph Conrad's 1902 classic novel - Heart of Darkness. In it, the main character, Kurtz, goes to Africa to bring progress and culture to the uncivilized continent. He is dispatched to Africa as an ivory procurement agent, and as the story develops the reader is confronted with the unreal brutality of the colonial rule. Conrad's work intertwines the themes of `light of civilization' and `darkness of barbarism' and makes reader realize the hollowness of these phrases as Kurtz surrounds himself with chaos and mayhem. Sven Lindqvist develops this theme as he traces the imperial history of European colonialism and condenses it to a single sentence: "Exterminate all the brutes." European world expansion, he claims, and the employed tactics of extermination are the truths we like to forget....

United States on Nov 25, 2006



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Paperback ‏ ‎ 179 pages 135 pages
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches 5.5 x 0.31 x 8.5 inches 6.5 x 2 x 9.5 inches
Travelogues & Travel Essays Travelogues & Travel Essays
Publisher ‏ ‎ The New Press Augmentus Inc Skyhorse; First Edition
Best Sellers Rank #35 in General Africa Travel Books#192 in Travelogues & Travel Essays#352 in Discrimination & Racism #13 in Air Travel Reference #17 in Solo Travel Guides#30 in Senior Travel Guides #67 in Ethiopia History#185 in North Africa History#6,650 in World War II History
Customer Reviews 4.7/5 stars of 386 ratings 4.5/5 stars of 358 ratings 4.6/5 stars of 336 ratings
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-1565843592 978-1736062906 978-1629145280
General Africa Travel Books General Africa Travel Books
ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 1565843592 1736062905 1629145289
Item Weight ‏ ‎ 8 ounces 5.3 ounces 1.72 pounds
Discrimination & Racism Discrimination & Racism
Language ‏ ‎ English English English
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