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Wretched of the Earth
Wretched of the Earth | Frantz Fanon
A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon s masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said s Orientalism or The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and it is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers. The Wretched of the Earth is a brilliant analysis of the psychology of the colonized and their path to liberation. Bearing singular insight into the rage and frustration of colonized peoples, and the role of violence in effecting historical change, the book incisively attacks the twin perils of postindependence colonial politics: the disenfranchisement of the masses by the elites on the one hand, and intertribal and interfaith animosities on the other. Fanon s analysis, a veritable handbook of social reorganization for leaders of emerging nations, has been reflected all too clearly in the corruption and violence that has plagued present-day Africa. The Wretched of the Earth has had a major impact on civil rights, anticolonialism, and black consciousness movements around the world, and this bold new translation by Richard Philcox reaffirms it as a landmark."
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Chittavrtti
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GatheringBooks
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#CoverLove Day 9: Holding up Wretched Of The Earth (which I was searching for) while wearing my sturdy #Boots while at Daunt Bookstore in London last year.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great photo ❤️ 5mo
Eggs Nice photo! Looks like a great store📚 5mo
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Leftcoastzen
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I am explaining the evils of racism , imperialism, and colonialism to Crosby as mentioned in this book, but I think grooming is really what‘s on his mind.I love my reading buddy .#catsoflitsy

LeahBergen That nose! I need to *boop* it. 😆 4y
batsy Adorable! 4y
Suet624 ❤️❤️ 4y
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Lcsmcat 😻 4y
TheLibrarian What a cute kitty!! 😻 4y
Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen I do *boop* it !😆Did you keep reading 4y
LeahBergen Yes! I really enjoyed it. 👍🏻 4y
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conny
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#ReadYourSign prompt no.4: Virgo element “Earth” in title, cover, or in the book.

My first book choice here in the wake of George Floyd and in support of #BlackLivesMatter.

batsy A brilliant book! 4y
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Thanks @jdtchicago for tagging me for #phil5. #icantread about philosophy without rolling my eyes about how dead, white & male it is. Here are some who may not be credited as philosophers because elitism, but who conceptualised different modes of thinking about class, gender, race, colonialism, sexuality, and caste & who influenced me: Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Frantz Fanon, Judith Butler, B. R. Ambedkar

#SeptemBowie @Marchpane @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Nice 👍🏻😍 7y
merelybookish They count in English departments. 😁 But maybe not in philosophy departments? 7y
batsy @merelybookish Yeah, true! There's a weird split. I have some pent up issues with philosophy departments based on my uni experience 😬 7y
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TheKidUpstairs @batsy I only lasted a couple of days in my first year philosophy class in Uni. The assigned readings intrigued me, but my god was the prof awful. 7y
batsy @TheKidUpstairs I had the same experience with profs. One in particular made fun of Asian languages, names, and told me he was surprised I did well considering how philosophy is not an "Asian thing". Of course he was a tenured professor... ? 7y
merelybookish @batsy OMG that's horrible! What an ass. I do think philosophy is more conservative than some of the other disciplines. And attracts some egomaniacs. I had a friend in grad school who took a philosophy class and was the only student in the class not named John. (It was a small class, but still...) 7y
batsy @merelybookish 😂😂 In my year there was one class filled with Andrews. 7y
merelybookish @batsy Clearly some very diverse classes.🙄🤣 7y
Centique @batsy I can‘t believe that awful professor you had! 😡😡😡 7y
Pruzy Simone de Beauvoir is better than Sartre! 7y
batsy @Pruzy I've a soft spot for him as my intro to existentialism, also his support for Fanon. But otherwise, yes, I think so too 😉 7y
RohitSawant Terrific picks! And that's awful about the prof you mentioned. Just wow. He probably believes in phrenology, too... 7y
batsy @rohit-sawant Thank you! And yes, it's entirely possible he does 😡 7y
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GoneFishing

And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The starving peasant, outside the class system is the first among the exploited to discover that only violence pays. For him there is no compromise, no possible coming to terms; colonization and decolonization is simply a question of relative strength.

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