Episode 210: Frantz Fanon's Black Existentialism (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 210: Frantz Fanon's Black Existentialism (Part One)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 00:52:32
• Published: 2019-02-25 16:15

On Black Skin White Masks (1952).

How does growing up in a racist society mess people up? Fanon's "clinical study" includes phenomenology, poetry, and a lot of existentialism, which means that the "let's embrace negritude in the face of bigotry" solution isn't ultimately available to him: We're all radically free, with no race-specific essence, whether positive or negative. With guest Lawrence Ware.

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