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Frantz Fanon's book on the trauma of colonization made him the leading anti-colonialist thinker of the twentieth century. Written at the height of the Algerian war for independence from French colonial rule and first published in 1961, it analyses the role of class, race, national culture and violence in the struggle for freedom. Fanon, himself a psychotherapist, makes clear the economic and psychological degradation inflicted by imperialism. Showing how decolonization must be combined with building a national culture, it continues to be one of the most important books on racism ever written.
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The Wretched of the Earth, Jean-Paul Sartre, Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington
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- Released
- 2020
- Binding
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- Title
- The Wretched of the Earth
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Left Book Club
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 253
- ISBN10
- 1912837471
- ISBN13
- 9781912837472
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Politics, France, 20th century, Society, Culture and Society, Africa, Political Theories, Scientific Theories, Race, Racism, Social Justice, African American Literature, Development, Marxism, Political Philosophy
- Description
- Frantz Fanon's book on the trauma of colonization made him the leading anti-colonialist thinker of the twentieth century. Written at the height of the Algerian war for independence from French colonial rule and first published in 1961, it analyses the role of class, race, national culture and violence in the struggle for freedom. Fanon, himself a psychotherapist, makes clear the economic and psychological degradation inflicted by imperialism. Showing how decolonization must be combined with building a national culture, it continues to be one of the most important books on racism ever written.