Mannoni claimed colonized peoples unconsciously desired their own colonization

Evidence

In his book Prospero and Caliban Mannoni (1964) had argued that the coming of the colonizers was unconsciously expected and even desired by the future subject peoples. … On the basis of clinical evidence Mannoni suggested that the germ of this complex is latent in the adult Malagasy from childhood - that is, it is a genetic and real inferiority. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1338

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing the original Mannoni dependency-complex thesis and its later repudiation as a classic instance of colonial psychopathology blaming the subject.
• XREF: connects to: Mannoni claims the colonized’s inferiority complex predates colonization.; Mannoni treats colonial inferiority complexes as pre-existing rather than produced by colonization — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 317

Broader Connections

• Mannoni claims the colonized’s inferiority complex predates colonization. #expands (0.95)
• Mannoni treats colonial inferiority complexes as pre-existing rather than produced by colonization #expands (0.95) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 317