Fanon and the Decolonization of Philosophy - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0739141252 ISBN 13 : 9780739141250

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2010

Synopsis

Fanon and the Decolonization of Philosophy explores the range of ways in which Frantz Fanons decolonization theory can reveal new answers to perennial philosophical questions and new paths to social justice. The aim is to show not just that Fanons thought remains philosophically relevant, but that it is relevant to an even wider range of philosophical issues than has previously been realized. The essays in this book are written by both renowned Fanon scholars and new scholars who are emerging as experts in aspects of Fanonian thought as diverse as humanistic psychiatry, the colonial roots of racial violence and marginalization, and decolonizing possibilities in law, academia, and tourism. In addition to examining philosophical concerns that arise from political decolonization movements, many of the essays turn to the discipline of philosophy itself and take up the challenge of suggesting ways that philosophy might liberate itself from colonial—and colonizing—assumptions.

This collection will be useful to those interested in political theory, feminist theory, existentialism, phenomenology, Africana studies, and Caribbean philosophy. Its Fanon-inspired vision of social justice is endorsed in the foreword by his daughter, Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, a noted human rights defender in the French-speaking world.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Lewis R. Gordon is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs and head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Connecticut. He lectures and is involved in political and artistic projects across the globe and holds appointments at universities and institutes in Senegal, South Africa, Jamaica, India, and France. He is also honorary president of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, distinguished scholar at The Most Honourable PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Peter Gratton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He has published numerous articles in political, Continental, and intercultural philosophy and is the author of The State of Sovereignty: Lessons from the Political Fictions of Modernity (2012). Co-Editor of the influential interdisciplinary journal Society and Space (Environmental Planning D), he is also the editor, among other books, of The Meillassoux Dictionary, co-edited with Paul Ennis (2014).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739141252
• ISBN 13: 9780739141250
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 298
• Éditeur: Hoppe Elizabeth A., Nicholls Tracey
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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