Frantz Fanon was a French psychiatrist turned Algerian
revolutionary of Martinican origin, and one of the most important
and controversial thinkers of the postwar period. A veritable
‘intellect on fire, ‘ Fanon was a radical thinker with
original theories on race, revolution, violence, identity and
agency.
This book is an excellent introduction to the ideas and legacy
of Fanon. Gibson explores him as a truly complex character in the
context of his time and beyond. He argues that for Fanon, theory
has a practical task to help change the world. Thus Fanon’s
‘untidy dialectic, ‘ Gibson contends, is a philosophy of
liberation that includes cultural and historical issues and visions
of a future society. In a profoundly political sense, Gibson asks
us to reevaluate Fanon’s contribution as a critic of
modernity and reassess in a new light notions of consciousness,
humanism, and social change.
This is a fascinating study that will interest undergraduates
and above in postcolonial studies, literary theory, cultural
studies, sociology, politics, and social and political theory, as
well as general readers.
Tabla de materias
Acknowledgments.
Abbreviations for Fanon’s Works.
Introduction.
1. The Racial Gaze: Black Slave, White Master.
2. Psychoanalysis and the Black’s Inferiority Complex.
3. Negritude and the Descent into a ‘Real Hell’.
4. Becoming Algerian.
5. Violent Concerns.
6. Radical Mutations: Toward a Fighting Culture.
7. Crossing the Dividing Line: Spontaneity and Organization.
8. Nationalism and a New Humanism.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index
Sobre el autor
Nigel C. Gibson is Director of the Honors Program at Emerson College, Boston, and a research associate in the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University and the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University.
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