Frantz Fanon: a political biography

By:

Zeilig, Leo

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: I. B. Tauris 2021 LondonEdition: 2ndDescription: xxi, 279 p.: ill. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:

9780755638215

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DDC classification:

965.046092 Z3F7

Summary: Frantz Fanon was one of the twentieth-century's most influential theorists and activists, whose work fighting against colonialism and imperialism has been an inspiration to today's decolonization and anti-racism movements. As the author of essential texts such as The Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin, White Masks, his impact on today's activists - from Rhodes Must Fall to Black Lives Matter - is indelible. Leo Zeilig here details the fascinating life of Fanon - from his upbringing in Martinique to his wartime experiences and work in Europe and North Africa - and frames his ideas and activism within the greater context of his career as a practising psychiatrist and his politically tumultuous surroundings. The book covers the period of the Algerian War of Independence, national liberation and what Fanon described as 'the curse of independence'. Highlighting Fanon's role as the most influential theorist of anti-colonialism and racial liberation, this book is an essential read for those interested in the roots of the modern day anti-racism and decolonization movements. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/frantz-fanon-9780755638215/

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad General Stacks	Non-fiction	965.046092 Z3F7 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		203447

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Table of content

1. Martinique, France and Beyond
2. Towards Revolution
3. Into the Eye of the Storm
4. A Revolutionary in Tunis
5. Year Five of the Algerian Revolution
6. 'The Whole of Existence' - Liberation and Leukaemia

Frantz Fanon was one of the twentieth-century's most influential theorists and activists, whose work fighting against colonialism and imperialism has been an inspiration to today's decolonization and anti-racism movements. As the author of essential texts such as The Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin, White Masks, his impact on today's activists - from Rhodes Must Fall to Black Lives Matter - is indelible. Leo Zeilig here details the fascinating life of Fanon - from his upbringing in Martinique to his wartime experiences and work in Europe and North Africa - and frames his ideas and activism within the greater context of his career as a practising psychiatrist and his politically tumultuous surroundings. The book covers the period of the Algerian War of Independence, national liberation and what Fanon described as 'the curse of independence'. Highlighting Fanon's role as the most influential theorist of anti-colonialism and racial liberation, this book is an essential read for those interested in the roots of the modern day anti-racism and decolonization movements.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/frantz-fanon-9780755638215/

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