The Fanonian Turn : Review—Leswin Laubscher,Derek Hook,and Miraj Desai (eds),Fanon,Phenomenology,and Psychology,Routledge,New York & London,and Nigel C. Gibson (ed.),Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched of the Earth,Daraja Press,Montreal,Quebec
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The Fanonian Turn : Review—Leswin Laubscher,Derek Hook,and Miraj Desai (eds),Fanon,Phenomenology,and Psychology,Routledge,New York & London,and Nigel C. Gibson (ed.),Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched of the Earth,Daraja Press,Montreal,Quebec
This is a review essay on two edited volumes titled Fanon Today and Fanon, Phenomenology, and Psychology. The essay reflects on the diverse ways in which Frantz Fanon’s ideologies and philosophies have been explored by the authors in different racial, social, cultural, historical, political, economic, gendered, and geographical contexts. The essay also argues how the contributions collectively voice toward building a transcultural and transcontinental solidarity of “Fanonian Turn.”
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