Frantz FANON: Philosopher of the barricades
Speakers:
Peter Hudis
Nicolas Voulelis, Editor
Erini Gaitanou, translator
PUBLIC Meeting
1, Karageorgi Serias st., Athens, Greece
THURSDAY 29 JUNE 18:30
This book is a critical presentation of the life and work of Fanon. Peter Hudis draws his material from Fanon’s entire life – from his childhood in Martinique to his active involvement in the Algerian national liberation struggle and his later attempts to reconcile psychoanalysis with philosophy – to show that the thought of Fanon remains fully up-to-date in the current conjuncture of the struggle against racism and alienation.
“Thanks to this intrusive and accessible reading, we can understand The contemporary significance of Fanon’s thought … “. Times Literary Supplement
