Frantz Fanon : Toward a Revolutionary Humanism
Frantz Fanon : Toward a Revolutionary Humanism
/ by Christopher J. Lee
- Ohio University Press; 2015
- 234p; 17x11cm
- (Ohio Short Histories of Africa) .
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.
English
9780821421741
2015030650
20th century
Critique of racism
HN1-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Algeria
JC273.F36L44 2015
320.01-- / dc23
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.
English
9780821421741
2015030650
20th century
Critique of racism
HN1-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Algeria
JC273.F36L44 2015
320.01-- / dc23