Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frantz Omar Fanon 20 July 1925 Fort-de-France, Martinique, France |
| Died | 6 December 1961 (aged 36) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Spouse | Josie Dublé Fanon (m. 1952) |
| Partner | Michèle Weyer (1948) |
| Children | Mireille (b. 1953 of Michèle) Olivier (of Josie) |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Lyon (MD, 1951) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Africana philosophy |
| School | Marxism Black existentialism Critical theory Existential phenomenology |
| Main interests | Decolonization, postcolonialism, revolution, psychopathology of colonization, racism, psychoanalysis |
| Notable works | Black Skin, White Masks (1952) The Wretched of the Earth (1961) |
| Notable ideas | Double consciousness, colonial alienation, to become black, sociogeny, total liberation, by any means necessary |
Frantz Omar Fanon (/ˈfænən/,[1] US: /fæˈnɒ̃/;[2] French: [fʁɑ̃ts fanɔ̃]; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961) was a French West Indian[3][4] psychiatrist, political philosopher, and Marxist from the French colony of Martinique (today a French department). His works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism.[5] As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical, Pan-Africanist, and Marxist humanist concerned with the psychopathology of colonization[6] and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization.[7][8][9]
In the course of his work as a physician and psychiatrist, Fanon supported the Algerian War of independence from France and was a member of the Algerian National Liberation Front. Fanon has been described as "the most influential anticolonial thinker of his time".[10] For more than five decades, the life and works of Fanon have inspired national liberation movements and other freedom and political movements in Palestine, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and the United States.[11][12][13]
Fanon formulated a model for community psychology, believing that many mental health patients would have an improved prognosis if they were integrated into their family and community instead of being treated with institutionalized care. He also helped found the field of institutional psychotherapy while working at Saint-Alban under Francois Tosquelles and Jean Oury.[14]
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- ^ Gordon, Lewis (1995), Fanon and the Crisis of European Man, New York: Routledge.
- ^ Hussein Abdilahi Bulhan, Frantz Fanon and the Psychology of Oppression (1985), New York: Plenum Press.
- ^ Fanon, Frantz. "Full text of "Concerning Violence"". Openanthropology.org.
- ^ Jansen, Jan C.; Osterhammel, Jürgen (2017). Decolonization: A Short History. Princeton University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4008-8488-9.
- ^ Alice Cherki, Frantz Fanon. Portrait (2000), Paris: Seuil.
- ^ David Macey, Frantz Fanon: A Biography (2000), New York: Picador Press.
- ^ Nigel Gibson, Fanonian Practices in South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.
- ^ Duran, Eduardo-1 Bonnie-2 (1996). Native American Postcolonial Psychology. Library of Congress: State University of New York Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-7914-2354-9.
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