{"title":"Books by Sven Lindqvist","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781847081988","title":"'Exterminate All The Brutes'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic investigation - inspiration for a major HBO series - revealing the true horror of Europe's racist colonial past in Africa.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a quarter of a century ago historian Sven Lindqvist set out across Central Africa. Obsessed with a single line from Conrad's \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e - Kurtz's injunction to 'Exterminate All the Brutes' - he combined an account of his experiences with a profound historical investigation, revealing precisely what Europe's imperial powers had exacted on Africa's peoples over the course of the preceding two centuries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShocking, humane, imaginative and deeply moral, \u003ci\u003eExterminate All the Brutes\u003c\/i\u003e stands as timeless classic of historical investigation. It is essential reading for anybody seeking to face up to the brutal, genocidal, racist history on which Europe built its wealth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Powerful' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Exemplary'\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Important' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205675319474,"sku":"9781847081988","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847081988_815b5b4b-14b6-42f7-85e4-3da5a55a4384.jpg?v=1786029670"},{"product_id":"9781847085214","title":"Terra Nullius","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDesert Divers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExterminate All the Brutes\u003c\/i\u003e, Sven Lindqvist travelled through Africa's deserts and unearthed the cruelty of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he has done the same for Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLindqvist travels through the south of the country, lyrically describing its landscape, flora and fauna and geology, while also telling the history of the country and revealing the shocking treatment of its Aboriginal peoples. He catalogues some truly shocking abuses, such as the rounding up of Aborigine women for transportation to the chillingly named 'Isle of the Dead' for inappropriate and often fatal syphilis treatment, and the extensive forced separation of 'half-blood' children from their families to squalid prison-like camps. Stretching from the formation of the Australian continent 600 million years ago to the 2002 hunger strikes in the Woomera detention camp, \u003ci\u003eTerra Nullius\u003c\/i\u003e leaves us with a strong sense of Australia as a piece of earth, steeped in geological and tragic human history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307897991541,"sku":"9781847085214","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847085214_6fbf9b5e-00ce-41d1-becf-76ecdea283e8.jpg?v=1786029712"},{"product_id":"9781847085221","title":"The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu","description":"\u003cp\u003e'During the Tang dynasty, the Chinese artist Wu Tao-tzu was one day standing looking at a mural he had just completed.  Suddenly, he clapped his hands and the temple gate opened.  He went into his work and the gates closed behind him.' Thus begins Sven Lindqvist's profound meditation on art and its relationship with life, first published in 1967, and a classic in his home country - it has never been out of print.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a young man, Sven Lindqvist was fascinated by the myth of Wu Tao-tzu, and by the possibility  of entering a work of art and making it a way of life. He was drawn to artists and writers who shared this vision, especially Hermann Hesse, in his novel \u003ci\u003eGlass Bead Game\u003c\/i\u003e. Partly inspired by Hesse's work, Lindqvist lived in China for two years, learning classical calligraphy from a master teacher.  There he was drawn deeper into the idea of a life of artistic perfectionism and retreat from the world. But when he left China for India and then Afghanistan, and saw the grotesque effects of poverty and extreme inequality, Lindqvist suffered a crisis of confidence and started to question his ideas about complete immersion in art at the expense of a proper engagement with life.   \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Wu Tao-tzu \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a fascinating journey through a young man's moral awakening and his grappling with profound questions of aesthetics.  It contains the bracing moral anger, and poetic, intensely atmospheric travel writing Lindqvist's readers have come to love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308488667509,"sku":"9781847085221","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847085221_cb0a4aa0-ec59-4b06-ad7a-4f1b2a0bc3ff.jpg?v=1786029713"},{"product_id":"9781914420955","title":"Dig Where You Stand","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn the 45th anniversary of its initial publication in Swedish, Sven Lindqvist's polemic on history, politics and power is finally available in English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume brings \u003ci\u003eDig Where You Stand\u003c\/i\u003e, Sven Lindqvist's classic text on history, power and politics, to English-speaking audiences for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1978, \u003ci\u003eDig Where You Stand\u003c\/i\u003e is a rallying cry for workers to become researchers, to follow the money, take on the role as experts on their job, and \"dig\" out its hidden histories in order to take a vital step towards social and economic transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA how-to guide that inspired an entire movement, it makes the case that everyone – not just academics – can learn how to critically and rigorously explore history, especially their own history, and in doing so find a blueprint for how to transform society for the better.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a world where the balance of power is overwhelmingly stacked against the working-class, \u003ci\u003eDig Where You Stand\u003c\/i\u003e's manifesto for the empowerment of workers through self-education, historical research and political solidarity is as important and relevant today as it was in 1978.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313174491509,"sku":"9781914420955","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781914420955_cb5a5ae8-7741-4a9c-b090-f48701b10f7d.jpg?v=1786030286"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-sven-lindqvist.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}