With the flowering of postcolonialism, we return to Frantz Fanon, a leading theorist of the struggle against colonialism. In this thorough reinterpretation of Fanon's texts, Ato Sekyi-Otu ensures that we return to him fully aware of the unsuspected formal complexity and substantive richness of his
Fanonβs Dialectic of Experience
β Scribed by Ato Sekyi-Otu
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 288
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A Caribbean psychiatrist trained in France after World War II and an eloquent observer of the effects of French colonialism on its subjects, Fanon was a controversial figure. By recognizing the centrality of experience to Fanon's work, Sekyi-Otu enables readers to comprehend this misunderstood figure within the tradition of political philosophy.
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