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Behind a locked door, whimpers and moans can be heard over an ominous soundtrack. Dressed in a white lab coat and tan suit, Frantz Fanon is about to encounter, for the first time, the patients of ...
A street on the island of Martinique, French West Indies, 1938. Frantz Fanon was born in Martinique and left when he was 18 years old in 1943 to join the Free French Forces. (Fox Photos/Getty Images ) ...
Contra Memmi, Shatz argues: “Fanon never disavowed his Martinican roots, or his love of Césaire’s writings, from which he drew his images of slave revolt in The Wretched of the Earth.
In a new age of revolutionary protest, the late radical theorist Frantz Fanon is ever-present. Adam Shatz uncovers his actual life in 'The Rebel's Clinic' ...
There has been an effort to negate Fanon’s ideas and sever them from the people of Palestine. But in his work, I find the beginning of a credible path towards liberation.
Fanon, who died in 1961, wrote about the politics and psychology of colonialism. In The Rebel's Clinic, Adam Shatz captures the thorny brilliance of a man whose radicalism is still shaping our world.
Fanon’s conception of violence does not work in Palestine. Israel’s settler colonialism is much more than ‘violence in its natural state’ and thus will require far more than ‘greater ...
FANON FOR THE 21st CENTURY. Liberation itself, as understood by Fanon, must be seen as a physically transforming and therefore, visceral process. Once again, ...
This book is an excellent introduction to the ideas and legacy of Fanon. Gibson explores Fanon as a truly complex character in the context of his time and beyond. He argues that for Fanon, theory has ...