Black Skin White Masks by Fanon, Frantz - 1967

New York: Grove Press, Inc. [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [8], 9-232 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated from the French by Charles Lam Markmann. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "Frantz Fanon". Fanon's first major work, first published in France in 1952. Fanon's writing is foundational to the philosophy of race: here he synthesizes existentialism and the dialectic to explore the origins of anti-Blackness and how colonialism perpetuates these attitudes, how it oppresses those it subjugates. Fanon's time in the Carribbean and on Martinique provided a critical perspective for his analysis of the experiences of those in the African diaspora. A masterpiece of sociology and post-modern philosophy, Fanon's work is crucial to understanding the twentieth-century uprisings against colonial rule, and for understanding modern race relations. One spot of foxing to the fore-edge; jacket with a hint of wear to its spine panel.