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Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades

Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades

Hardcover

Series: Revolutionary Lives

Historical FiguresMilitary BiographiesPolitical Biographies

ISBN10: 0745336302
ISBN13: 9780745336305
Publisher: Pluto Pr
Published: Aug 20 2015
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a Caribbean and African psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary whose works, including Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth are hugely influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and post-Marxism. His legacy remains with us today, having inspired movements in Palestine, Sri Lanka, the US and South Africa. This is a critical biography of his extraordinary life. Peter Hudis draws on the expanse of his life and work - from his upbringing in Martinique and early intellectual influences to his mature efforts to fuse psychoanalysis and philosophy and contributions to the anti-colonial struggle in Algeria - to counter the monolithic assumption that Fanon's contribution to modern thought is defined by the advocacy of violence. He was a political activist who brought his interests in psychology and philosophy directly to bear on such issues as mutual recognition, democratic participation and political sovereignty. Hudis shows that, as a result, Fanon emerges as neither armchair intellectual nor intransigent militant.

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