Frantz Fanon: Critical Theory and Decolonizing Practices between the Caribbean and (North)…

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Frantz Fanon is one of the most prominent thinkers of anti-colonialism. A shared reference for both postcolonial and decolonial Scholars as well as for Black radical thought, many dimensions of his multidimensional and multidisciplinary work remain unknown to the American audience. By focusing on the Fanonian moment as a work of revolutionary theory and practice, this seminar offers a close-reading approach to his texts. It also analyzes the very diverse sources of Fanon’s works (from Césaire to Lacan) as well as the historical movements from which it drew its inspiration (the Algerian war of liberation). While reading Fanon in the historical context of the French Empire and the “francophone world”, the seminar also addresses his multiple and sometimes contradictory legacies and thus wishes to open a space for new creative and critical readings of the Fanonian text. Taught in English.