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The Psychiatric Writings from Alienation and Freedom
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Frantz Fanon’s psychiatric career was crucial to his thinking as an anti-colonialist writer and activist. Much of his iconic work was shaped by his experiences working in hospitals in France, Algeria and Tunisia.
The writing collected in The Psychiatric Writings from Alienation and Freedom was composed from 1951 to 1960 in tandem with his political work and reveals much about how Fanon’s thought developed. It shows that, for him, psychiatry was part of a much wider socio-political struggle.
His political, revolutionary and literary lives should not then be separated from the psychiatric practice and writings that shaped his thinking about oppression, alienation and the search for freedom.
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The Psychiatric Writings from Alienation and Freedom by Frantz Fanon is often praised for its insightful exploration into the psychological aspects of colonialism and its impact on both the oppressor and the oppressed. Readers appreciate Fanon's nuanced approach to mental health within the context of systemic oppression. The book is considered essential reading for those interested in understanding the intersection of psychology and social justice.
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ISBN: 9781350125919
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 October 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Illustration: 7 b/w illus
Contributors:
- Edited by Jean Khalfa
- Translated by Steven Corcoran
- Edited by Professor Robert J. C. Young
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 42.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 620g
Pages: 504
About the Author
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a Martinique-born psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and writer. He was the author of classic works such as Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961). He was one of the most significant anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist and anti-racist thinkers of the 20th Century.
Jean Khalfa is a Senior Lecturer in French Studies at Trinity College Cambridge, UK. He is the author of Poetics of the Antilles (2016) and an upcoming work on Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth. He is also the editor of the first complete edition of Michel Foucault's History of Madness (2006).
Robert J. C. Young, FBA, is Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University, USA. He is the author of White Mythologies (1990), Colonial Desire (1995), Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction (2001), The Idea of English Ethnicity (2008) and Empire, Colony, Postcolony (2015).
Steven Corcoran is a writer and translator living in Berlin. He has edited and translated several works by Jacques Rancière, including Dissensus (2015) and The Lost Thread (2016).
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