Frantz Fanon : A Critical Study by Gendzier, Irene

New York. 1972. January 1973. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket W/A Small Tear At The Rear Top. 039446205x. 300 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Fanon Politics Black Biography. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Irene L. Gendzier has written a brilliant and original study of Frantz Fanon which should stand as definitive for many years to come. Her book is a critical examination of the life and ideas of the Martiniquean psychiatrist who chose to become Algerian and who was a committed partisan of the Algerian Revolution (1954-1962). Professor Gendzier deals first with Fanon's biographical and intellectual roots in Martinique and in France. She then goes on to consider his psychiatric work and his political legacy. Fanon's psychiatric work is little known, though often disparagingly regarded because of his overt political stand and his belief that psychoanalysis cannot be divorced from politics. Articles published before and during his North African period are included… Read More

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