Frantz Fanon | |
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| Born | 20 July 1925 |
| Died | 6 December 1961 (aged 36) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Lyon |
| Notable work | Black Skin, White Masks; The Wretched of the Earth |
| Spouse | Josie Fanon |
| Region | Africana philosophy |
| School | Marxism Black existentialism Critical theory Existential phenomenology |
Main interests | Decolonization and Postcolonialism, revolution, psychopathology of colonization, racism, Psychoanalysis |
Notable ideas | Double consciousness, colonial alienation, To become black, Sociogeny |
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Frantz Omar Fanon (/ˈfænən/, US: /fæˈnɒ̃/; French: [fʁɑ̃ts fanɔ̃]; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961), was a French West Indian psychiatrist and political philosopher. Fanon was from the French colony of Martinique, which is now a a French department. His writing remains significant in the studies of postcolonialism, critical theory and Marxism.