The Wretched of the Earth
A Africa, Philosophy, Theory book. Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth //
Frantz Fanon (1925-61) was a Martinique-born black psychiatrist and anticolonialist intellectual. The Wretched of the Earth is considered by many to be one of the canonical books on the worldwide black liberation struggles of the 1960s. Within a Marxist framework, using a cutting and nonsentimental writing style, Fanon draws upon his horrific experiences working in Algeria during its war of independence against France. He addresses the role of violence in decolonization and the challenges of political organization and the class collisions and questions of cultural hegemony in the creation and maintenance of a new country's national consciousness. As Fanon eloquently writes, "[T]he unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice...
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A psychological exploration of the oppressed and the oppressor. Analyzing the evolution of the native, he provides extraordinary insights into revolutionary change. Fanon was no champion of violence, he simply embraced the truth and portrayed the reality of a situation and the unfolding dialectic. He accurately describes the pitfalls... Les Damns de la terre=The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon: : : : 1336 288 : 1357 193 : - 1945 1962 20 When we revolt, it is not for a particular culture. We revolt simply, because for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.This is one of those big important books which affected lots of peoples' thinking and influenced nearly everything written after it on the subject, which makes it very difficult to say anything new about it. That...
