Description
| Product ID: | 9780821421741 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Ohio Short Histories of Africa |
| Title: | Frantz Fanon |
| Subtitle: | Toward a Revolutionary Humanism |
| Authors: | Author: Christopher J. Lee |
| Page Count: | 234 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, General and world history, Colonialism and imperialism, Social welfare and social services, Political activism / Political engagement, History: earliest times to present day, Colonialism & imperialism, Social welfare & social services, Political activism |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A timely and original short biography reintroducing Fanon for a new generation of readers. Written with clarity and passion, Christopher J. Lee’s account argues for the pragmatic idealism of Frantz Fanon and his continued importance today. Psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon is one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. He presented powerful critiques of racism, colonialism, and nationalism in his classic books, Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961). This biography reintroduces Fanon for a new generation of readers, revisiting these enduring themes while also arguing for those less appreciated—namely, his anti-Manichean sensibility and his personal ethic of radical empathy, both of which underpinned his utopian vision of a new humanism. Written with clarity and passion, Christopher J. Lee’s account ultimately argues for the pragmatic idealism of Frantz Fanon and his continued importance today. |
| Imprint Name: | Ohio University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Ohio University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-11-13 |
