Black Skin, White Masks

Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon’s masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers. A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when it was first published in 1952, the book remains a vital force today from one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Review “A strange, haunting mélange of analysis, revolutionary manifesto, metaphysics, prose poetry and literary criticism—and yet the nakedest of human cries.” — Newsweek “A brilliant, vivid and hurt mind, walking the thin line that separates effective outrage from despair... As a writer he demonstrates how insidiously the problem of race, of color, connects with a whole range of words and images. . . . Yet it is Fanon the man, rather than the medical specialist or intellectual, who makes the book so hard to put down.” —Robert Coles, The New York Times Book Review “A reasoned, explosive, and important book centered on the identity problem of the black man, by the author of a classic study of racism and colonialism, Wretched of the Earth.” — Publishers Weekly “This book should be read by every black man with a desire to understand himself and the forces that conspire against him.”—Floyd McKissick, former national director, CORE Review One feels a brilliant, vivid and hurt mind walking the thin line that separates effective outrage from despair. -- New York Times A strange, haunting melange of existential analysis, revolutionary manifesto, metaphysics, prose, poetry and literary criticism. -- Newsweek Fanon’s analysis of crippled colonial mentalities may be even more salient now than it was then. -- New Statesman The new translation of the classic work by the author of Wretched of the Earth: “A strange, haunting mélange of analysis [and] revolutionary manifesto” (Newsweek). Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. This new translation by Richard Philcox makes Fanon's masterwork accessible to a new generation of readers. It also includes a foreword by philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when it was first published in 1952, the book remains a vital force today from one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. A Major Influence On International Civil Rights, Anticolonial, And Black Consciousness Movement, Black Skin, White Masks Is An Unsurpassed Study Of The Black Psyche In A White World. Hailed For Its Scientific Analysis And Poetic Grace When It Was First Published In 1952, The Book Remains A Vital Force Today From One Of The Most Important Thinkers On Revolutionary Struggle, Colonialism, And Racial Difference In Human History.--book Jacket. The Black Man And Language -- The Woman Of Color And The White Man -- The Man Of Color And The White Woman -- The So-called Dependency Complex Of The Colonized -- The Lived Experience Of The Black Man -- The Black Man And The Psychopathology -- The Black Man And Recognition -- The Black Man And Adler -- The Black Man And Hegel. Frantz Fanon ; Translated From The French By Richard Philcox. Includes Bibliographical References. Fanon, born in Martinique and educated in France, is generally regarded as the leading anti-colonial thinker of the 20th century. His first book is an analysis of the impact of colonial subjugation on the black psyche. It is a very personal account of Fanon's experience being black: as a man, an intellectual, and a party to a French education.--Adapted from wikipedia.org. Foreword Introduction The Black Man and Language The Woman of Color and the White Man The Man of Color and the White Woman The So-Called Dependency Complex of the Colonized The Lived Experience of the Black Man The Black Man and Psychopathology The Black Man and Recognition The Black Man and Adler The Black Man and Hegel By Way of Conclusion