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I've been looking for a good later than 50s leftist book to read, Fanon is cool, should I read this?
I would like to quote ReadFanon, a poster I really like:
Yes, absolutely. It has a focus on decolonization, and more specifocally on the Algerian independence, for which Fanon was personally fighting. He has a great penmanship, and touches many aspects of the themes; including tge psycholigical aspects as he was himself a psychiatrist.
In addition to the responses, I would also recommend Meditations on Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth by James Yaki Sayles. It was very helpful for me in understanding some of the finer points and connect it to other liberation struggles (he was writing in the context of the Black Nationalist movement but it all rings true for Palestine, as does Fanon's original book.
I’m on the way to pick up Pedagogy of the Oppressed from the library, and Wretched of the Earth has a looooong hold on it, with what looks like a bunch more ordered. So for what that’s worth, it’s getting a lot of reading now (which is v cool to see)
I wish it was at my library! And that is cool to hear it's so popular. There was a talk at a university near me not long where they had some people discussing Fanon. Last I was at the library I saw one Fanon work, I don't think it was Wretched of the Earth, I ought to request it. The library I go to is decent on leftist material, they would probably want to add that if it isn't already requested.
there's some SF stuff if you want to think a little and maybe not feel bad.
Fanon is for if you want to think a lot and have a bad couple of days.
I do want to think too much and feel terrible actually! I jest hah, I love sci-fi but I am looking for something that can give me a clearer view of leftist struggles or more guidelines for action to take, so something that can elicit the fervor of righteousness would be good.
I 100% recommend Fanon. If you want a shorter in to similar thinking and similar feeling, you can read "Discourse on Colonization" by Aime Cesaire, who was one of Fanon's teachers and influences. It rips so hard, and it gets me thinking and feelings all kinds of good and bad.
Any of the SF stuff you’d recommend?
uhhhh i haven't read non-slop in a while,
Terry Pratchett and Ursula Le Guin are pretty good in general, people like The Culture series by Ian M Banks as a more ambitious Star Trek but I didn't hear about it until after my brain fully broke so i haven't read them.