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Title: Frantz Fanon
Condition: New
Subtitle: Philosopher of the Barricades
Author: Peter Hudis
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0745336256
EAN: 9780745336251
ISBN: 9780745336251
Publisher: Pluto Press
Genre: Biography
Topic: Law & Politics, Society & Culture, Social Sciences, History
Release Date: 20/08/2015
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 203mm
Item Length: 127mm
Item Weight: 203g
Book Series: Revolutionary Lives
Release Year: 2015

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