Nguyễn Văn Trung và tư tưởng giải thực dân hóa

Abstract

Nguyen Van Trung was one of the most prominent intellectuals who played a significant role in the cultural and literary life of South Vietnam between 1954 and 1975. Nguyen Van Trung was one of the most prominent educators, researchers, and literary and philosophical critics, particularly in South Vietnam between 1954 and 1975. Nguyen Van Trung was one of the most prominent educators, researchers, and critics of literature and philosophy, particularly in South Vietnam between 1954 and 1975. Aiming to evaluate his contributions to shaping decolonization thought, this article examines his contributions to the formation of decolonization thought by analyzing key manifestations of his decolonial ideology, such as his early introduction of Frantz Fanon’s anti-colonial work Les Damnés de la Terre (The Wretched of the Earth), and his application of Fanon’s ideas along with contemporary theories in composing French Colonialism in Vietnam: Reality and Myth. The study demonstrates that, through a critical survey of French perceptions of the Annamese people, Nguyen Van Trung exposed the contradictions between colonial reality and the myths constructed by the French colonizers. In addition, he engaged in the scholarly study of national cultural and literary heritage as a means of restoring past values within a new historical context. Through this exploration, the article clarifies Nguyen Van Trung’s important contributions to o affirming indigenous identity and autonomy, while proposing the issue of decolonization in terms of culture and the spirit of research and dialogue among intellectuals.