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ISBN-10: 1789148316
ISBN-13: 9781789148312
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publish Date: 01/01/2024
Dimensions: 7.60" L, 5.30" W, 0.80" H

Frantz Fanon

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A biography of the revolutionary philosopher and psychiatrist.

Doctor, militant, essayist, ambassador, teacher, journalist, pan-Africanist, Frantz Fanon sought to decolonize mid-twentieth-century culture as he embodied a new kind of intellectual. Born in colonial Martinique, he fought for France during World War II but later renounced his citizenship and fought in the Algerian War of Independence. This book emphasizes Fanon’s gift for self-invention and performance as it follows his short but extraordinary life and explores how his pioneering work in psychiatry influenced his revolutionary philosophy.

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"Elegantly succinct yet deeply informed, William's authoritative account of Fanon's life and thought is a superb book. With great clarity, Williams finely captures the ambiguities, paradoxes and opacities of Fanon's work and personality, in a style that is not afraid to offer critical distance through parenthetic comments or to include speculative elements that make us think. Generous in his engagement with Fanonian scholarship, Williams never leans upon it and offers a clear voice and perspective that brings us through Fanon's life and onwards into his after-lives. A pleasure to read, this book is an impressive and confident scholarly achievement."–Patrick Crowley, University College Cork
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Details

ISBN-10: 1789148316
ISBN-13: 9781789148312
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publish Date: 01/01/2024
Dimensions: 7.60" L, 5.30" W, 0.80" H
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