This idea, popularized by narratives like Lord of the Flies, furthers the notion that society is just a thin veneer and people are just going to become animals the second civilization isn’t around to tell them what to do. Ideas like this were/are used to justify colonialism.https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1259248932326170631 …
-
-
I’m familiar with the origin story too - i never got that Golding took much issue with the colonialst elements in Coral Island, and the idea that it’s taking down the privileged rather than exposing the idea that all humans are potentially barbarous without a daddy is charitable
-
Fair enough I think even the "human nature" reading is still mildly anti-colonialist in the same way Heart c Darkness is ("Who are you to save anyone, white man, pluck the log out of your own eye first"), which was for its time a radical message
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.