Although a Marxist, Fanon was criticized heavily by many left wing intellectuals yet the book was introduced by his friend and philosophical heavyweight Jean Paul Satre. This allowed him to develop further his ideas on the effect of colonization on the psyche of both parties and although he produced excellent results during his tenure he later resigned his post claiming that patients could not be ‘cured’ of their alienation without a change in the social system.Īs a result of his experiences and his theories on the psychopathology of colonization he became a member of the Algerian socialist party the National Liberation Front and his contentious book published after his death ‘the Wretched of the Earth’ called for revolution through violent resistance, as well as expanding on the earlier insights in ‘Black Skin, White Masks’. Sometimes he would work with both on the same day, providing him with a unique parrallel access to the psychology of the colonizer and the colonized. He had the chance to work psychotherapeutically with not only the victims of the torture and abuse occurring during the war, but also with perpetrators. After having fought in the war for the Allies he travelled to Lyon France in order to gain further education in psychiatry and philosophy writing his first influential book during this time under the title ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ at the age of 27.įanon then worked as a psychiatrist during the time of the brutal Algerian war of independence as the country attempted to liberate itself from colonial rule.
FRANZ FANON PSYCHOLOGY FREE
Experiencing racism both from the collaborating and Free French forces he began to formulate a philosophy and psychoanalytic theory based on his experiences. Frantz Fanon led a rich and often controversial life – born in the French colony of Martinique, he fought for the Free French Army during the Second World War.
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