Frantz Fanon

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Frantz Fanon
Born
Frantz Omar Fanon

20 July 1925 (1925-07-20)
Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
Died6 December 1961(1961-12-06) (aged 36)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Lyon
Notable workBlack Skin, White Masks, The Wretched of the Earth
SpouseJosie Fanon
RegionAfricana philosophy
SchoolMarxism
Black existentialism
Critical theory
Existential phenomenology
Main interests
Decolonization and Postcolonialism, revolution, psychopathology of colonization, racism, Psychoanalysis
Notable ideas
Double consciousness, colonial alienation, To become black, Sociogeny
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Frantz Omar Fanon (/ˈfænən/,[2] US: /fæˈnɒ̃/;[3] French: [fʁɑ̃ts fanɔ̃]; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961) was a French Afro-Caribbean[4][5][6] 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.[7] As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical, Pan-Africanist, and Marxist humanist concerned with the psychopathology of colonization[8] and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization.[9][10][11]

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".[12] 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.[13][14][15]

He 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.[16]

  1. ^ Hudis, Peter. Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades, p. 21-22. United Kingdom, Pluto Press, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fanon | Definition of Fanon at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.com.
  3. ^ "Frantz Fanon". The American Heritage Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2020.
  4. ^ "Frantz Fanon | Biography, Writings, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ^ Macey, David (13 November 2012). Frantz Fanon: A Biography. Verso Books. pp. 316, 355, 385. ISBN 9781844678488.
  6. ^ Boumghar, Sarah (12 July 2019). "Frantz Fanon a-il été déchu de sa nationalité française ?". Libération (in French).
  7. ^ Biography of Frantz Fanon. Encyclopedia of World Biography. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  8. ^ Seb Brah. "Franz Fanon à Dehilès: « Attention Boumedienne est un psychopathe". academia.edu.
  9. ^ Gordon, Lewis (1995), Fanon and the Crisis of European Man, New York: Routledge.
  10. ^ Hussein Abdilahi Bulhan, Frantz Fanon and the Psychology of Oppression (1985), New York: Plenum Press.
  11. ^ Fanon, Frantz. "Full text of "Concerning Violence"". Openanthropology.org.
  12. ^ Jansen, Jan C.; Osterhammel, Jürgen (2017). Decolonization: A Short History. Princeton University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4008-8488-9.
  13. ^ Alice Cherki, Frantz Fanon. Portrait (2000), Paris: Seuil.
  14. ^ David Macey, Frantz Fanon: A Biography (2000), New York: Picador Press.
  15. ^ Nigel Gibson, Fanonian Practices in South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.
  16. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)