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| Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Frantz Fanon; Frantz Fanon; Frantz Fanon; Frantz Fanon; Frantz Fanon; Frantz Fanon; Frantz Fanon; Frantz Fanon |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Reiland Rabaka |
| ISBN: | 9780739140338 0739140337 9780739140352 0739140353 9780739140345 0739140345 |
| OCLC Number: | 461323889 |
| Description: | xxvii, 402 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Preface and acknowledgments: on the (re)formation of Fanonism -- Introduction--The five forms of Fanonism: deconstructing and reconstructing Africana studies, radical politics, and critical social theory in the anti-imperialist interests of the wretched earth -- Antiracist Fanonism--Unmasking blackness, unmaking whiteness: Fanon's psycho-sociopolitical existential phenomenology of race and contributions to revolutionary blackness and critical race theory -- Decolonialist Fanonism-- Fanon's critical theory of white supremacist colonialism: from radical disalienation to revolutionary colonization -- Marxist Fanonism--Toward a critical theory of white supremacist colonial capitalism: Fanon's critique, appreciation, appropriation, and modification of Marxism in the interests of revolutionary decolonization and revolutionary re-Africanization -- Feminist Fanonism--The facts of black radical feminism(s) and the lived-experience(s) of revolutionary Algerian women: Fanon's contributions to women's decolonization and women's liberation -- Revolutionary Humanist Fanonism--Toward the Africana revolution, toward relieving the wretched earth, and toward redeeming the racial colonial patriarchal capitalists' long-lost humanity. |
| Responsibility: | Reiland Rabaka. |
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In Forms of Fanonism, Reiland Rabaka advances the enterprise of Africana critical theory to a level of articulation not previously achieved while anchoring his efforts and guiding agenda in a principled commitment to radical and revolutionary humanist liberation for persons and peoples of African descent, and for all of the 'wretcheds of the earth.' Rabaka is on the threshold of becoming one of the foremost critical social theorists of his generation. -- Lucius T. Outlaw Jr., Vanderbilt University Forms of Fanonism: Frantz Fanon's Critical Theory and the Dialectics of Decolonization, the latest installment in Reiland Rabaka's brilliant articulations of and explorations in Africana critical theory, brings both ancestral and living voices to bear on revolutionary questions of theoretical anthropology, social transformation, and reflective critique on theory and the quest for freedom. Rabaka's text is detailed, rich with nuance, and without didacticism; the passion and care he brings to each "form," as he calls these manifestations of thought and praxis, are inspiring, and the scholarship edifying. The work is a true exemplar of the Fanonian encomium to the body, in this case the historically unfolding body of revolutionary humanistic thought-to be, that is, that which questions. -- Lewis R. Gordon, author of What Fanon Said Rabaka (Africana studies, Univ. of Colorado) asserts that Frantz Fanon's ideas continue to be relevant and inspirational. The introduction appeals for a wider 'transdisciplinary' methodology to Africana critical theory, a veritable shift toward 'epistemic openness,' which he subsequently implements. The author presents five dimensions or 'forms' of Fanonism: 'Anti-racist,' 'Decolonialist,' 'Marxist,' 'Feminist,' and 'Revolutionary Humanist.' Each form is a facet of Fanon's oeuvre. Rabaka critically and exhaustively examines each form, and gives comparative attention to W.E.B. Du Bois, Jean-Paul Sartre, Aime Cesaire, Karl Marx, Amilcar Cabral, and Leopold Sedar Senghor, among others....This is a valuable volume for manifold reasons-notably, its erudite narrative, bold approach, and comprehensive bibliography of English-language works on Fanon and critical theory....Rabaka's work will especially serve specialists and advanced students. Summing Up: Recommended. * CHOICE * Rabaka's work on Frantz Fanon is both an instance of Fanon extended and Fanon applied, enabling it to stand above other books about him....Throughout this book, Rabaka dissects phrases from Fanon that have been misinterpreted over time. His subheadings in the book are clever; they build anticipation and arguments to come for the reader to develop. It is apparent that Fanon is the scholar activist to which we should all ascribe. Rabaka suggests as much in his concluding discussion about the need for Africana studies to emulateFanon. Although Fanon said "I do not come with timeless truths" (p. 292), to acertain degree, he underestimated the extent to which he actually did offer ablueprint for the discipline. Reading this book encourages us to practice what wepreach. * Journal Of African American Studies * Read more...
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- Fanon, Frantz, -- 1925-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Fanon, Frantz, -- 1925-1961 -- Political and social views.
- Decolonization.
- Postcolonialism.
- Critical theory.
- Fanon, Frantz, -- 1925-1961.
- Political and social views.
- Fanon, Frantz -- 1925-1961
- Entkolonialisierung
- Africa.
- Legal criticism.
- Race and nationality.
- Theories of justice.
- Fanon, Frantz, -- 1925-1961 -- analys och tolkning.
- Fanon, Frantz,
- Postkolonialism.
- Fanon, Frantz.
