Frantz Fanon : Philosopher of the Barricades Paperback / softback
by Peter Hudis
Part of the Revolutionary Lives series
Paperback / softback
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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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- Pages:176 pages, 2 b&w photographs
- Publisher:Pluto Press
- Publication Date:20/08/2015
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- ISBN:9780745336251
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 2 b&w photographs
- Publisher:Pluto Press
- Publication Date:20/08/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780745336251