I'll admit that I clicked on this with the intention of defending Fanon, but you made both of the points I had in mind: (1) Black Faces, White Masks is a very different and deeply thought provoking work. (2) Even the Wretched of the Earth is full of qualifications and complications. At times, it's very hard to determine whether Fanon is …
I'll admit that I clicked on this with the intention of defending Fanon, but you made both of the points I had in mind: (1) Black Faces, White Masks is a very different and deeply thought provoking work. (2) Even the Wretched of the Earth is full of qualifications and complications. At times, it's very hard to determine whether Fanon is being prescriptive or merely descriptive. (I think it's best read almost as memoir.)
I'll admit that I clicked on this with the intention of defending Fanon, but you made both of the points I had in mind: (1) Black Faces, White Masks is a very different and deeply thought provoking work. (2) Even the Wretched of the Earth is full of qualifications and complications. At times, it's very hard to determine whether Fanon is being prescriptive or merely descriptive. (I think it's best read almost as memoir.)