Fanon: The Postcolonial ImaginationISBN: 978-0-7456-2260-6
Hardcover
264 pages
April 2003, Polity
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"This definitive interpretation of Fanon brilliantly touches the
heart. Gibson presents a compelling and engaging analysis of
Fanon's original theory of the racial gaze, of revolution, and of
Fanon's complex theory of violence. All the perennial themes of
political theory are masterfully presented in this major book.
Readers will feel morally civilized after they read it." Teodros
Kiros, Harvard University
"Gibson's prose is elegant and clear and this book is, by far, the best introduction to Fanon's life and work. But it does more than this....The key idea that runs throughout the book is that of the dialectic. Gibson argues that there is an unstable, critical and creative element in the heart of FAnon's thought that seeks to move through apparently irreconcilable contradictions. This kind of analysis is what we would expect from any responsible engagement with Fanon's work and Gibson develops it very well. But he goes further and makes an original and significant contribution by showing that for Fanon this kind of progress requires the development of a fighting culture." Richard Pithouse, Sunday Independent