Revolution reconstituted the conjugal couple as the cell of the nation

Evidence

What could formerly be defined as mere cohabitation today includes a multiplicity of points of communication. First and foremost is the fact of incurring dangers together, of turning over in the same bed, each on his own side, each with his fragment of a secret. It is also the consciousness of collaborating in the immense work of destroying the world of oppression. The couple is no longer shut in upon itself. It no longer finds its end in itself. It is no longer the result of the natural instinct of perpetuation of the species, nor the institutionalized means of satisfying one’s sexuality. The couple becomes the basic cell of the commonwealth, the fertile nucleus of the nation. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 379 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The revolution transformed customs, language, and master-slave relations; Revolution transformed the Algerian couple from a family contract into a revolutionary unit — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 379; Pre-revolution activist politics left paternal authority within the family untouched

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Broader Connections

• Revolution transformed the Algerian couple from a family contract into a revolutionary unit #expands (0.85) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 379
• Pre-revolution activist politics left paternal authority within the family untouched #contradicts (0.70)
• The revolution transformed customs, language, and master-slave relations #expands (0.40)