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Camus and Fanon on the Algerian Question - An Ethics of Rebellion (Hardcover)
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Camus and Fanon on the Algerian Question - An Ethics of Rebellion (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
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This is the first book to offer a systematic comparison of the
philosophies of Albert Camus and Frantz Fanon. It shows how the
ethical, political, and psychological outlooks of these two
influential thinkers can further our understandings of how to bring
about justice in the face of deep power imbalances. The author
foregrounds the bloody Algerian War of Independence in his analysis
of the philosophies of Camus and Fanon. Although neither supported
French colonial occupation of Algeria, they held radically
different views of the conflict. Fanon supported emancipation
through violence, which the author argues has been uncritically
romanticized. Camus, on the other hand, supported an ethics of
moderation that shunned indiscriminate violence. The author argues
that Camus has been unfairly accused of being an apologist for
colonialism. Finally, the author draws out the common endorsement
of humanist values that drive both Camus' and Fanon's thought.
Camus and Fanon on the Algerian Question will appeal to scholars
and advanced students interested in twentieth-century Continental
philosophy, postcolonialism, existentialism, and African
philosophy.
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