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Informationen zum Autor Frantz Fanon and Edited By Nigel Gibson Klappentext The revolutionary and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon was a foundational figure in postcolonial thought and practice, yet his medical work has only been seriously studied in recent years - and then only in French. Now available in English, the pieces collected here show how Fanon's radical psychiatry was directly related to his philosophy and politics. Zusammenfassung The revolutionary and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon was a foundational figure in postcolonial thought and practice, yet his medical work has only been seriously studied in recent years - and then only in French. Now available in English, the pieces collected here show how Fanon's radical psychiatry was directly related to his philosophy and politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Alice Cherki Introduction; Roberto Beneduce 1. The North African Syndrome (1952) 2. Social Therapy in a Ward for Muslim Men (1954) 3. Aspects of the Present State of Mental Care in Algeria (1955) 4. Exacting Confessions in North Africa (1955) 5. Reflections on Ethnopsychiatry (1955) 6. The T.A.T. (Thematic Apperception Test) and Muslim Women: A Sociology of Perception and Imagination (1956) 7. The Maghrebian Muslim's Response to Madness (1956) 8. The Agitation Phenomenon in Psychiatry: General Considerations and Psychopathological Significance (1957) 9. On a Case of Torsion Spasm (1958) 10. The Benefits and Limitations of Day Hospitalization in Psychiatry (1959)
