Fanon’s Dialectic of Experience

A Caribbean psychiatrist trained in France after World War II and an eloquent observer of the effects of French colonialism on its subjects, Fanon was a controversial figure. By recognizing the centrality of experience to Fanon's work, Sekyi-Otu enables readers to comprehend this misunderstood figure within the tradition of political philosophy.

List of contents

Abbreviations for Works by Frantz Fanon Prologue 1. Rereading Fanon

About the author

Ato Sekyi-Otu is Associate Professor in the Division of Social Science and the Graduate Program in Social and Political Thought at York University, Ontario.

Summary

A Caribbean psychiatrist trained in France after World War II and an eloquent observer of the effects of French colonialism on its subjects, Fanon was a controversial figure. By recognizing the centrality of experience to Fanon's work, Sekyi-Otu enables readers to comprehend this misunderstood figure within the tradition of political philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Ato Sekyi-Otu
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9780674294400
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29440-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 156 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 452 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas