The wretched of the earth /
Frantz Fanon ; translated from the French by Richard Philcox ; with commentary by Jean-Paul Sartre and Homi K. Bhabha and Cornel West.
- 60th anniversary edition.
- lxviii, 251 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: Les damnés de la terre. Paris : François Maspero éditeur, 1961.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction to the Sixtieth Anniversary Edition / by Cornel West -- Foreword: Framing Fanon / by Homi K. Bhabha -- Preface / by Jean-Paul Sartre -- On violence -- On violence in the international context -- Grandeur and weakness of spontaneity -- The trials and tribulations of national consciousness -- On national culture -- Mutual foundations for national culture and liberation struggles -- Colonial war and mental disorders -- Series A -- Series B -- Series C -- Series D -- From the North African's criminal impulsiveness to the war of national liberation -- Conclusion -- On retranslating Fanon, retrieving a lost voice / by Richard Philcox.
"First published in 1961, and reissued in this sixtieth anniversary edition with a powerful new introduction by Cornel West, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth is a masterful and timeless interrogation of race, colonialism, psychological trauma, and revolutionary struggle, and a continuing influence on movements from Black Lives Matter to decolonization. A landmark text for revolutionaries and activists, The Wretched of the Earth is an eternal touchstone for civil rights, anti-colonialism, psychiatric studies, and Black consciousness movements around the world. Alongside Cornel West's introduction, the book features critical essays by Jean-Paul Sartre and Homi K. Bhabha. This sixtieth anniversary edition of Fanon's most famous text stands proudly alongside such pillars of anti-colonialism and anti-racism as Edward Said's Orientalism and The Autobiography of Malcolm X"--