French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
Martinique-born psychiatrist who diagnosed colonialism as a disease of the mind. Fanon's writings on decolonization became the blueprint for post-colonial theory, making him essential reading for anyone interrogating power structures.
Frantz Omar Fanon was a French West Indian psychiatrist and political philosopher from the French colony of Martinique. His works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies and critical theory. As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical and Pan-Africanist, concerned with the psychopathology of colonization and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization.
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