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OverviewExamines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial Africa and the tragic development of postcolonies. Scholar Nigel C. Gibson offers theoretically informed historical analysis, providing insights into the circumstances that led to the current hegemony of neoliberalism in South Africa. Full Product DetailsAuthor: F. Fanon , Nigel GibsonPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.513kg ISBN: 9781137414779ISBN 10: 1137414774 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 11 November 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAmandla is Still Awethu: Fanonian Practices in Post-apartheid South Africa Biko's Fanonian Practices The Pitfalls of South Africa's Liberation The New 'reality of the nation': The Rich and the Poor Unfinished Struggles for Freedom: The Birth of a New Shack Dwellers' Movement Xenophobia or a New Humanism? Fanon in the Shacks In Place of a ConclusionReviews'Gibson's book is another serious piece of work on the state of post-apartheid South African society, which critics of the negotiated settlement that ended apartheid insist remains in the economic inequality that characterised the apartheid era.'-- Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 'This is a refreshing and imaginative reading of Frantz Fanon's groundbreaking thoughts regarding the theory and practice of revolutionary transformation. Nigel Gibson has found an exciting voice to re-energise the transformation discourse in post-apartheid South Africa.' - City Press 'Gibson provides an analytical paradigm and a convincing argument that Fanon remains current and compatible with contemporary realities. Recommended.' - CHOICE The book contains much of considerable theoretical value from one of the world's foremost Fanon scholars. - Psychology in Society Author InformationNigel C. Gibson is Director of the Honors Program at Emerson College, USA. He is one of the leading scholars of the work of Frantz Fanon, and the author of Rethinking Fanon: The Continuing Dialogue (Prometheus, 1999) Fanon: The Postcolonial Imagination (Polity Press, 2003), and Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko (Palgrave, 2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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