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.
Frantz Fanon : Philosopher of the Barricades - Peter Hudis
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