Frantz Fanon by Christopher J Lee

Frantz Fanon by Christopher J Lee

A timely and original short biography reintroducing Fanon for a new generation of readers. Written with clarity and passion, Christopher J. Lee's account argues for the pragmatic idealism of Frantz Fanon and his continued importance today.

“Lee’s marvelous and careful biographical study is now the go-to book for those seeking to understand Frantz Fanon in his historical and intellectual contextIt is, simply put, synthesis and analysis at their best.” -- James D. Le Sueur, author of Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics during the Decolonization of Algeria
“This book provides the reader with an invaluable guide to Fanon’s life and an accessible gateway to those interested in further exploring the intellectual worlds in which he developed his thinking..” * Africa at LSE *
“Christopher Lee has written a delightfully compelling introduction to Frantz Fanon. Well-researched and thoroughly grounded, Lee’s study admirably situates Fanon in the broadest historical context, while subtly explaining Fanon’s powerful legacy today. This book taught me many things, revealing in intriguing ways the works of a black thinker from Martinique who so passionately embraced the Algerian Revolution, and so ardently desired to be embraced by it.” -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
“In Frantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanism, Christopher J. Lee takes on the task of introducing a complex thinker in a short tract…. [He] provides a whirlwind tour of Fanon’s life, ideas and context…. Lee’s reading of Fanon provides a much needed nuance that is often missing when dealing with Fanon.” * Marx and Philosophy *
“This smart and much-needed study persuasively resituates the life and thought of Fanon for a twenty-first-century audience.” -- Todd Shepard, author of The Invention of Decolonization: The Algerian War and the Remaking of France

Christopher J. Lee is the author of Frantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanism, and Unreasonable Histories: Nativism, Multiracial Lives, and the Genealogical Imagination in British Africa and the editor of Making a World after Empire: The Bandung Moment and Its Political Afterlives. He is an associate professor of history at Lafayette College.

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ISBN 13	9780821421741
ISBN 10	0821421743
Title	Frantz Fanon
Author	Christopher J Lee
Series	Ohio Short Histories Of Africa
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Ohio University Press
Year published	2015-11-13
Number of pages	234
Prizes	Commended for CHOICE 2016
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.