Mao and Fanon: Competing Theories of Violence in the Era of Decolonization

Mao and Fanon: Competing Theories of Violence in the Era of Decolonization 6

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon offers a powerful critique of colonial rule, while at the same time providing a call for violent and revolutionary struggle against European imperialism. Written in 1961 and in the context of the Algerian War of Independence, Fanon extols the virtues of violence as a means to liberate …

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