The Wretched of the Earth

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 post independence 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. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-16-2009; Do you want to be free? Read Fanon's Wretched of the Earth.; Native Americans, Indians, that is, should be required to know this book. Modern post-colonial Africa is not a desirable goal, but it was shaped partly by Fanon. I'm sure that modern Africa was not part of his vision. His vision was...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-08-2009; Frantz Fanon was buried by history; About twenty years ago, I read this trash-book, here in Brazil.Frantz Fanon (1925-61) was a french( Martinique-born), black and anticolonialist intellectual.This book, The Wretched of the Earth, is Frantz Fanon's last and most famous and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-30-2009; Great book, terrible translation; Frantz Fanon was a lucid writer with a knack for turning a phrase. Philcox butchers Fanon and strips his words of their power. Do yourself a favor and buy the earlier translation by Constance Farrington. It is the next best thing to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-26-2009; Fanon: The First Structural Psychiatrist; There are 40 pages describing the psychiatric work of Dr. Frantz Fanon. This is an excellent book for those working with people from other countries; for those conducting community and doing family therapy with the urban poor families....; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-16-2009; Do you want to be free? Read Fanon's Wretched of the Earth.; Native Americans, Indians, that is, should be required to know this book. Modern post-colonial Africa is not a desirable goal, but it was shaped partly by Fanon. I'm sure that modern Africa was not part of his vision. His vision was...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-23-2003; Lessons from an era gone about our own dangerous future; Fanon lays bare the day to day interactions of the oppressed and the oppressor, reveiling the tragic symptoms and by-products of colonialism, such as the belief that violence must be met with violence to liberate a nation. The mindset of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-08-2009; Frantz Fanon was buried by history; About twenty years ago, I read this trash-book, here in Brazil.Frantz Fanon (1925-61) was a french( Martinique-born), black and anticolonialist intellectual.This book, The Wretched of the Earth, is Frantz Fanon's last and most famous and...; read full review | report as inappropriate