Black Soul, White Artifact: Fanon's Clinical Psychology and Social Theory - Hardcover

McCulloch, Jock

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521247004 ISBN 13: 9780521247009

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1983

Synopsis

The death of Frantz Fanon at the age of thirty-six robbed the African revolution of its leading intellectual and moral force. His death also cut short one of the most extraordinary intellectual careers in contemporary political thought. Fanon was a political psychologist whose approach to revolutionary theory was grounded in his psychiatric practice. During his years in Algeria he published clinical studies on the behaviour of violent patients, the role of culture in the development of illness and the function of the psychiatric hospital as a social milieu. These papers illuminate Fanon's political theory, expose weaknesses in his concept of political consciousness and liberation, and contain a 'secret history' explaining the tide of revolutionary movements in the Third World.

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Frantz Fanon (1925-61) was a political psychologist whose approach to revolutionary theory was grounded in his psychiatric practice. These papers illuminate his political theory, expose weaknesses in his concept of political consciousness and liberation, and contain a 'secret history' explaining the tide of revolutionary movements in the Third World.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0521247004
• ISBN 13: 9780521247009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256