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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
fast-paced
A significant effort to explain the psychological implications of colonialism and racialized societies. Despite being a relatively short book it is still longer than it needs to be to make its point. Fanon is not a concise writer and a few chapters read more like a Nietschze type text, as in, the author takes a turn towards the poetic and philosophical that makes the specific point at issue a bit more obscure than would otherwise be the case.
Very male-centred and I detected hints of homophobia (I think) or that was how I read it so there were parts I wasn't agreeing with but the overall sentiments I do agree with evidently. Sometimes hard to understand and despite rereading parts I still found some parts a bit difficult!
This book has been on my reading list for very long and I never picked it up because I thought I won't be able to understand it.
Philosophers, especially those that are already dead, intimidate me with their ideas a bit.
Luckily, this book did not confirm my fear. Fanon's ideas are clear, and he does well in explaining them. He does quote other philosophers quite frequently and puts their work into context, but it is not too bad. If anything, this just motivates me to read more of the big thinkers of the past that in some ways laid the foundation for our current understanding of the world.
I also always thought that Fanon's ideas will be foreign to me and I will learn radically new concepts. To the most extent that was not true, all the books I read about racism build on many of Fanon's thoughts. He was a very important thinker and everyone interested in the world should read this, his first, book.
Philosophers, especially those that are already dead, intimidate me with their ideas a bit.
Luckily, this book did not confirm my fear. Fanon's ideas are clear, and he does well in explaining them. He does quote other philosophers quite frequently and puts their work into context, but it is not too bad. If anything, this just motivates me to read more of the big thinkers of the past that in some ways laid the foundation for our current understanding of the world.
I also always thought that Fanon's ideas will be foreign to me and I will learn radically new concepts. To the most extent that was not true, all the books I read about racism build on many of Fanon's thoughts. He was a very important thinker and everyone interested in the world should read this, his first, book.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Very interesting, highly quotable, nonetheless feels like a very long read in spite of its shortness, be ready, it is an academic text.
I wouldn't recommend reading it in one go, it wouldn't be too palatable.
Also, not to do any anachronism but be aware that its a tad homophobic and mysoginistic.
I wouldn't recommend reading it in one go, it wouldn't be too palatable.
Also, not to do any anachronism but be aware that its a tad homophobic and mysoginistic.
"O my body, make of me always a man who questions!"
challenging
dark
inspiring
slow-paced
Psychotherapist Frantz Fanon analyses the black experience in a white world and exposes the connection between colonialism and mental disease. Based on this work as a psychoanalyst he explores how colonialism 's subjects internalise prejudices, emulating the "white masks" of their oppressors. Finally shows how the fight for freedom must be combined with building a national culture and argues that the way ahead is through revolutionary violence, to socialism.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced