Frantz Fanon : the militant philosopher of third world revolution / by Leo Zeilig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeilig, Leo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961.

Fanon, Frantz.

Revolutionaries--Algeria--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Summary:

"Frantz Fanon is best known as one of the leading twentieth-century political thinkers and activists against colonialism and imperialism and as the author of the iconic book "Wretched of the Earth". Leo Zeilig here details the 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 'the curse of independence'. Highlighting Fanon's role as the most influential theorist of third-world liberation, this book is an essential work for students, academics and general readers."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. War and Psychiatry

3. Towards the Revolution

4. The Wretched of the Earth

5. Death

6. Legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780755620708

0755620704

9780857726681

0857726684

9780857739926

0857739921

OCLC:

1157233152