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Fanon

A Critical Reader
Series: Blackwell Critical Reader
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Fanon offers an in-depth exploration of the profound impact on cultural identity and postcolonial thought. The narrative interlaces philosophical disquisition with psychological insights to examine the enduring value of Frantz Fanon's work. This book challenges readers to reflect on decolonisation, racial identity, and the complexities of political and social structures, making it a thought-provoking read in the realms of philosophy and psychology.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring anti-colonial thought, race studies, and the psychological effects of colonialism. It intricately delves into the revolutionary ideas of Frantz Fanon, offering insights into identity, decolonisation, and the struggle for liberation. A must-read for those passionate about social justice and transformative political philosophies.

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Interdisciplinary approach, including contributors from philosophy, literature and social sciences. Critical dimension, undermining the 'construction' of Fanon in elite postcolonial cultural studies. Includes new translations of key passages from Fanon, revealing previous misrepresentations.

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The wide range of disciplines represented here enables the volume to stand as a contextualising work in Fanon studies. It contains new original essays on Africana philosophy, the human sciences, dialectical humanism, women of colour studies, neocolonial and postcolonial studies, violence, and tragedy.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781557868961

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 July 1996

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

  • Edited by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
  • Edited by Lewis Gordon
  • Edited by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
  • Edited by Lewis Gordon
  • Edited by Renee T. White

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 157.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 539g

Pages: 368

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Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Series: Blackwell Critical Reader

About the Author

Lewis R. Gordon teaches philosophy and African American studies at Purdue University. He is author of Fanon and the Crisis of European Man: An Essay on Philosophy and the Human Sciences (1995) and Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism (1995), as well as editor of Existence in Black: An Anthology of Black Existential Philosophy (1996) and co-editor of Black Texts and Black Textuality: Constructing and de-constructing Blackness.

T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting teaches French and African American Studies at Purdue University. She is co-editor of Spoils of War: Women, Cultures, Revolutions and author of Black Female Bodies, White Male Imaginations: Nineteenth-Century French Narratives on Black Femininity.

Renée T. White teaches sociology and African American Studies at Purdue University. She is co-editor of Black Texts and Black Textuality and Spoils of War. She is also completing her first book, New Sexual Identities: Black Teenage Women and Sex in the AIDS Era.

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