Rethinking Fanon
Subtitle: The Continuing Dialogue
Publisher: Humanity Books
Published: March 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9781573927093
Subjects: Biography: general; Black studies; Social & political philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy; Emigration & Immigration; Psychology; Reference; Political and social views; Contributions in social scienc; General; 1925-1961; Contributions in political sci; Fanon, Frantz,
First sentence: Fanon was at the center: to the left, Sekyi-Otu's Dialectic of Experience; to the right, Homi Bhabha's Location of Culture; and below Gordon, Sharpley-Whiting, and White's Fanon: A Critical Reader.
Description: Nearly forty years after his death, social philosopher Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) remains a towering intellectual figure. Born in Guadeloupe and trained as a psychologist in France, Fanon rejected his French citizenship to join the Algerian liberation movement in the 1950s.

This collection brings together some of the most important, enduring essays written on Fanon. Included alongside biographical material are discussions of politics, philosophy, and revolution and debates about psychology, feminism, and culture. The collection reflects the continuing impact of Fanon's thought on African-American and African studies, feminism, postcolonialsim, and cultural studies.