Frantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanism (Ohio Short Histories of Africa)
Book Details
Author(s)Christopher J. Lee
PublisherOhio University Press
ISBN / ASIN0821421743
ISBN-139780821421741
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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.
