Frantz Fanon's the Wretched of the Earth in Contemporary Perspective

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ID19004435
AuthorsHalford H Fairchild (Pitzer College, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume25
Issue2
Pages191-199
Publication date1994-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Black Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002193479402500204
OpenAlexW1979887187
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Wretched of the Earth (New York: Grove Press, 1968) is a lasting testimony to the genius of Frantz Fanon. Hailed as The Handbook for the Black Revolution, Wretched of the Earth is a probing examination of colonialization, a compelling description of the process of decolonization, and a prophetic analysis of independence movements around the world. Wretched of the Earth provides a glimpse of Fanon's grand vision of international and intercultural affairs, and Fanon gives specific prescriptions for individuals and collectivities that continue to seek cultural and national liberation. Fanon's conclusion underscores the importance of this work for African and African American liberation, to be sure; but, more importantly, it challenges Africans throughout the diaspora to assume a leadership position in bringing about a new, more humane world order. Wretched of the Earth is a of four far-ranging and connected essays. Fanon, a psychiatrist by training, also presents a series of case studies of psychiatric disorders that are tied to struggles for liberation

Aesthetics · Art · Earth (classical element) · Perspective (graphical) · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology

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