false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170664708m/66933.jpg 66933 23 Frantz Fanon (1925-61) was a Martinique-born black psychiatrist and anticolonialist intellectual; <I>The Wretched of the Earth</I> is considered by many to be one of the canonical books on the worldwide black liberation struggles of the 1960s. Within a Marxist framework, using a cutting and nonsentimental writing style, Fanon draws upon his horrific experiences working in Algeria during its war of independence against France. He addresses the role of violence in decolonization and the challenges of political organization and the class collisions and questions of cultural hegemony in the creation and maintenance of a new country's national consciousness. As Fanon eloquently writes, "[T]he unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps."<p> Although socialism has seemingly collapsed in the years since Fanon's work was first published, there is much in his look into the political, racial, and social psyche of the ever-emerging Third World that still rings true at the cusp of a new century. <I>--Eugene Holley, Jr.</I> 865773 1961 The Wretched of the Earth total:1050|5:456|4:383|3:171|2:31|1:9| 1050 4396 1840 98 3 3 false false Sat Mar 15 21:15:01 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 13 09:04:07 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 15 21:13:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon May 28 08:25:21 -0700 2007 Thu May 31 21:21:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 06 05:33:51 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 05:46:38 -0700 2008 Black Skin, White Masks, as a middle class caucasian male (MC^2, if you will) it's difficult to offer a critique to The Wretched of the Earth that feels either relevant or responsible. After all, in Fanon's terms, I am (at least through c...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sat Aug 25 13:10:25 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 13:10:25 -0700 2007 The b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 25 12:56:19 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:18:15 -0800 2009 1.5
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It's interesting to see the results of decolonization almost 50 years after this book was written. Interesting and depressing as I'm not so sure many countries have he...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 14 21:38:16 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 18:49:48 -0700 2009 the wretched of the earth is perhaps best remembered for its moments of insurrection - its advocacy of viol...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Apr 09 10:31:05 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 21:35:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 23 10:19:25 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 04 00:10:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 11:21:20 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 15:53:19 -0700 2007 the shackles of the exploitative capitalism of the W...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 15 20:42:26 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 11 17:53:56 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 02 06:21:54 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 30 09:36:09 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 02 06:21:54 -0700 2009 As with my first attempt to read The Wretched of the Earth, the mere sight of the cover is enervating. I can barely get through a sentence without lifting my eyes and looking around for a distraction: a bug on the wall, a jogger on the sidewalk--just about any banal thing. Instead of following the s...

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