Frantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanism

Frantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanism
ISBN-10
0821445359
ISBN-13
9780821445358
Series
Frantz Fanon
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2015-11-13
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Author
Christopher J. Lee

Description

Psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon is one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. He presented powerful critiques of racism, colonialism, and nationalism in his classic books, Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961). This biography reintroduces Fanon for a new generation of readers, revisiting these enduring themes while also arguing for those less appreciated—namely, his anti-Manichean sensibility and his personal ethic of radical empathy, both of which underpinned his utopian vision of a new humanism. Written with clarity and passion, Christopher J. Lee’s account ultimately argues for the pragmatic idealism of Frantz Fanon and his continued importance today.

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