Frantz Fanon
French psychiatrist and political philosopher from Martinique (1925 to 1961), a founding thinker of postcolonial studies, best known for The Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin, White Masks.
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Decolonization, whatever name it goes by, is always a violent event
National liberation, national reawakening, restoration of the nation to the people or Commonwealth, whatever the name used, whatever the latest expression, decolonization is always a violent event.
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Decolonization, whatever name it goes by, is always a violent event
National liberation, national reawakening, restoration of the nation to the people or Commonwealth, whatever the name used, whatever the latest expression, decolonization is always a violent event.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
Decolonization is truly the creation of new men
Decolonization is truly the creation of new men.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
In the colonies cause is effect: people are rich because they are white, and white because they are rich
The cause is effect: You are rich because you are white, you are white because you are rich.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
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Destroying the colonial world means nothing less than demolishing the colonist's sector, burying it or banishing it from the territory
To destroy the colonial world means nothing less than demolishing the colonist's sector, burying it deep within the earth or banishing it from the territory.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
In colonial countries only the peasantry is revolutionary, because it has nothing to lose and everything to gain
But it is obvious that in colonial countries only the peasantry is revolutionary. It has nothing to lose and everything to gain.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
The starving, exploited peasant is the one who very soon discovers that only violence pays
The underprivileged and starving peasant is the exploited who very soon discovers that only violence pays.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
Violence can be understood as the perfect mediation: the colonized man liberates himself in and through violence
Violence can thus be understood to be the perfect mediation. The colonized man liberates himself in and through violence.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
At the individual level violence is a cleansing force, ridding the colonized of inferiority and despair and restoring self-confidence
At the individual level, violence is a cleansing force. It rids the colonized of their inferiority complex, of their passive and despairing attitude. It emboldens them, and restores their self-confidence.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
The violence of the colonized unifies the people
The violence of the colonized, we have said, unifies the people.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
Europe is literally the creation of the Third World, its riches plundered from the underdeveloped peoples
Europe is literally the creation of the Third World. The riches which are choking it are those plundered from the underdeveloped peoples.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
Impetuous spontaneity bent on quickly settling scores with the colonial system is destined to fail as a doctrine
But it soon becomes clear that this impetuous spontaneity, which is intent on rapidly settling its score with the colonial system, is destined to fail as a doctrine.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
African unity can only be achieved under pressure and leadership from the people, with total disregard for bourgeois interests
This is why we must understand that African unity can only be achieved under pressure and through leadership by the people, i.e., with total disregard for the interests of the bourgeoisie.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
In underdeveloped countries a bourgeois phase is out of the question
In the underdeveloped countries a bourgeois phase is out of the question.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
Nobody, neither leader nor militant, has a monopoly on truth; seeking truth in local situations is the community's responsibility
Nobody has a monopoly on truth, neither the leader nor the militant. The search for truth in local situations is the responsibility of the community.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
Nationalism that is not explained, enriched, deepened and quickly turned into social and political consciousness leads to a dead end
If nationalism is not explained, enriched, and deepened, if it does not very quickly turn into a social and political consciousness, into humanism, then it leads to a dead end.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity
Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
National consciousness, which is not nationalism, is alone capable of giving an international dimension
National consciousness, which is not nationalism, is alone capable of giving us an international dimension.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
We should leave behind a Europe that never stops talking of man yet massacres him at every street corner
Let us leave this Europe which never stops talking of man yet massacres him at every one of its street corners, at every corner of the world.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
What we want is to walk in the company of every human being, night and day, for all time
But what we want is to walk in the company of man, every man, night and day, for all times.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
For Europe, ourselves and humanity, we must make a new start, think in a new way and try to create a new man
For Europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must make a new start, develop a new way of thinking, and endeavor to create a new man.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
We should not pay tribute to Europe by building states and societies modelled on it; humanity expects more than that emulation
So comrades, let us not pay tribute to Europe by creating states, institutions, and societies that draw their inspiration from it. Humanity expects other things from us than this grotesque and generally obscene emulation.
The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox) Said c. 1961
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