Exterminate all the Brutes

Exterminate all the Brutes

Introduction

Sven Lindqvist opens and closes his book “Exterminate all the Brutes” with a single sentence:

"You already know enough. So do I. It is not knowledge we lack. What is missing is the courage to understand what we know and to draw conclusions."

It is an account the colonialism of nineteenth century Europe which was followed by the genocide in its wake. He grew up in the era of Second World War that is why he had been haunted with the words that make up the title of his book. According to the author, these words, ...