David Caute, a former Oxford don and novelist who has written extensively on French intellectual history, analyzes Fanon's life and work.
Frantz Fanon
β Scribed by Human Sciences Research Council;Fanon, Frantz;Fanon-MendΓ¨s-France, Mireille;Zeilig, Leo
- Publisher
- HSRC Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 299
- Series
- Voices of liberation
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The Voices of Liberation series celebrates the lives and writings of African Liberation activists and heroes. By providing access to the thoughts and writings of some of the many men and women who fought for the dismantling of apartheid, this series invites the contemporary reader to engage directly with the rich history of the struggle for democracy, to discover where we come from and to explore how we, too, can choose to shape our destiny.
β¦ Table of Contents
pt. 1. His life. Inside Martinique --
Learning radical psychiatry : Saint Alban --
Algeria --
The Front de LibeΜration Nationale, activism and psychiatry --
Exile in Tunisia. pt. 2. His voice. Black skin, white masks --
Studies in a dying colonialism --
The wretched of the earth --
Toward the African revolution. pt. 3. Reflections on Fanon and his legacy.
β¦ Subjects
Colonization--Moral and ethical aspects;French colonies;Intellectuals;Intellectuals--Algeria;Liberalism;Liberalism--Algeria;Political and social views;Revolutionaries;Revolutionaries--Algeria;History;Biographies;Biography;Fanon, Frantz, -- 1925-1961 -- Political and social views;Fanon, Frantz, -- 1925-1961;Algeria -- History -- 1945-1962;Liberalism -- Algeria;Revolutionaries -- Algeria -- Biography;Intellectuals -- Algeria -- Biography;Colonization -- Moral and ethical aspects;France -- Colonies
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