The Wretched of the Earth

by Fanon, Frantz; Philcox, Richard; Bhabha, Homi K.; Sartre, Jean-Paul

• ISBN13: 9780802141323
• ISBN10: 0802141323
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-12
• Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services, Inc.

Summary

"Frantz Fanon was one of the twentieth century's most important theorists of revolution, colonialism, and racial difference, and this, his masterwork, is a classic alongside Orientalism and The Autobiography of Malcolm X." "The Wretched of the Earth is an analysis of the psychology of the colonized and their path to liberation. Bearing singular insight into the rage of colonized peoples and the role of violence in historical change, the book also incisively attacks postindependence disenfranchisement of the masses by the elite on one hand, and intertribal and interfaith animosities on the other. A veritable handbook of social reorganization for leaders of emerging nations, The Wretched of the Earth has had a major impact on civil rights, anticolonialism, and black-consciousness movements around the world. This new translation updates its language for a new generation of readers and its lessons are more vital now than ever."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Framing Fanon, by Homi K. Bhabha	vii
Preface, by Jean-Paul Sartre	xliii
I. On Violence	1	(62)
On Violence in the International Context	52	(11)
II. Grandeur and Weakness of Spontaneity	63	(34)
III. The Trials and Tribulations of National Consciousness	97	(48)
IV. On National Culture	145	(36)
Mutual Foundations for National Culture and Liberation Struggles	170	(11)
V. Colonial War and Mental Disorders	181	(54)
Series A	185	(14)
Series B	199	(8)
Series C	207	(9)
Series D	216	(3)
From the North African's Criminal Impulsiveness to the War of National Liberation	219	(16)
Conclusion	235	(6)
On Retranslating Fanon, Retrieving a Lost Voice	241