Josh Pallas

Fanon — Revolution

Fanon — Revolution

Brahim Haggiag (center, with arm outstretched) as revolutionary leader Ali La Pointe in a scene from Gillo Pontecorvo's THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1965). Photo courtesy Rialto Pictures. The naked truth of decolonisation evokes for us the searing bullets and bloodstained...

Fanon on Violence and the Person

Fanon on Violence and the Person

Decolonization is the veritable creation of new men. But this creation owes nothing of its legitimacy to any supernatural power; the “thing” which has been colonized becomes man during the same process by which it frees itself (Fanon 1963: 36-37). Frantz Fanon’s...

Frantz Fanon – Contextualising the man

Frantz Fanon – Contextualising the man

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a Martinican psychiatrist and political theorist. He is famous for his work which theorises colonialism and violent revolution. Crucial to an understanding of Frantz Fanon’s theoretical work, is an understanding of his very unique personal...