ksidmal's review against another edition
4.0
I liked how Fanon divided his analysis but found some of the patient extracts and context of colonial France and colonised North Africa a bit confusing (I need to read more to understand I guess).
I like Fanon’s hope, resilience and how he continues to question till the end of the book.
I like Fanon’s hope, resilience and how he continues to question till the end of the book.
dorienjulia's review against another edition
3.0
“The black man is unaware of it as long as he lives among his own people; but at the first white gaze, he feels the weight of his melanin.” (p. 128)
In this work of prose, Fanon reinforces the importance for the need to stop generalising the ‘black experience’, as the understanding of the racialised experience differs greatly depending on geographical location. Consequently, Fanon also as unintentionally reinforces why intersectionality is needed to discuss questions regarding identity and self perception.
(Keeping in mind that this book was written in 1952 and therefore should be considered in that context)
There is no denying, however, that despite the compelling argumentation regarding race, Fanon’s narrative simultaneously is quite misogynistic and homophobic. Hence I ended up giving this book 3 stars
In this work of prose, Fanon reinforces the importance for the need to stop generalising the ‘black experience’, as the understanding of the racialised experience differs greatly depending on geographical location. Consequently, Fanon also as unintentionally reinforces why intersectionality is needed to discuss questions regarding identity and self perception.
(Keeping in mind that this book was written in 1952 and therefore should be considered in that context)
There is no denying, however, that despite the compelling argumentation regarding race, Fanon’s narrative simultaneously is quite misogynistic and homophobic. Hence I ended up giving this book 3 stars
miesdedecker's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
miesdedecker's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
zachbrumaire's review against another edition
4.0
Newsweek's blurb on the cover of this edition charachterizes this book well--"strange, haunting mélange of analysis, revolutionary manifesto, metaphysics, pride poetry, and latest criticism--and yet the nakedest of human cries."
Anyone interested in psychoanalytics, Hegelianism, Black Marxism would do well to check out this text. it is probably best read with an eye to intersectional theory.
Sadly, I feel as if I only understand the text marginally more than I did when I first read it at the beginning of undergrad, though my patience and capacity for empathetic reading, especially with regards to dialectical thought, have at least increased. Certainly this is a tome that deserves many re-readings, and I hope to come back to it again in time.
when I do so, some questions I would like to think through;
-to what degree is Fanon and the psychoanalytic tradition enmeshed in (pseudo-) clinical homophobia, phallocentrism, and patriarchy, especially with regards to chapters 6?
-attentively, what possibilities, assumptions, and limitations are there in a queered reading of Fanon?
-how have anti-humanists engaged with and made use of Fanon (and *Masks* in particular)?
-does chapter 8 provide the possibility of a dialectical universalism, or merely the broad and obscuring particularity that is humanism?
-likewise re chapter 8, does Fanon's prescription, such as it is, overemphasize representation to the detriment of redistribution, and does he perhaps mistake repression for rennuncitation?
I suspect that re-reading The Wretched of the Earth (also last encountered early in undergrad) will help me work through these and other questions.
Anyone interested in psychoanalytics, Hegelianism, Black Marxism would do well to check out this text. it is probably best read with an eye to intersectional theory.
Sadly, I feel as if I only understand the text marginally more than I did when I first read it at the beginning of undergrad, though my patience and capacity for empathetic reading, especially with regards to dialectical thought, have at least increased. Certainly this is a tome that deserves many re-readings, and I hope to come back to it again in time.
when I do so, some questions I would like to think through;
-to what degree is Fanon and the psychoanalytic tradition enmeshed in (pseudo-) clinical homophobia, phallocentrism, and patriarchy, especially with regards to chapters 6?
-attentively, what possibilities, assumptions, and limitations are there in a queered reading of Fanon?
-how have anti-humanists engaged with and made use of Fanon (and *Masks* in particular)?
-does chapter 8 provide the possibility of a dialectical universalism, or merely the broad and obscuring particularity that is humanism?
-likewise re chapter 8, does Fanon's prescription, such as it is, overemphasize representation to the detriment of redistribution, and does he perhaps mistake repression for rennuncitation?
I suspect that re-reading The Wretched of the Earth (also last encountered early in undergrad) will help me work through these and other questions.
ninnao's review against another edition
5.0
Quien trabaja con consciencia negra, no puede dejar de leer las reflexiones. Análisis sobre la negritud oprimida y las concepciones eurocentristas sobre las personas negras que en el siglo XXI se mantienen vigentes.