Exterminate All the Brutes

by Sven Lindqvist

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Exterminate All the Brutes begins, "You already know enough. So do I. It is not knowledge that we lack. What is missing is the courage to understand what we know and draw conclusions." What does he mean?

What is the thesis or main argument in Exterminate All the Brutes?

What are the themes of Exterminate All the Brutes?

Why does Lindqvist share childhood memories, mostly unpleasant or worse, and disturbing dreams in Exterminate All the Brutes? Are there connections to the book's main subjects?

How does Lindqvist represent famous explorers like Henry Stanley and Carl Peters in Exterminate All the Brutes?

What does Exterminate All the Brutes reveal about the part played by European missionaries in European colonialism?

Who, besides Conrad, at least in Lindqvist's view in Exterminate All the Brutes, challenged the brutal character of colonialism?

Why does the author write Exterminate All The Brutes while traveling through a vast desert? Could it have symbolic meaning?

In LIndqvist's account in Exterminate All the Brutes, what role did great scientific thinkers play in the construction of racial theory and a worldview that insisted on construing human variation in hierarchical terms? Identify the specific "contributions" of especially notable individuals to the construction of scientific racism.