Alienation and Freedom

Since the publication of The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, Fanon's work has been deeply significant for generations of intellectuals and activists from the 60s to the present day.Alienation and Freedom collects together unpublished works comprising around half of his entire output - which were previously inaccessible or thought to be lost. This book introduces audiences to a new Fanon, a more personal Fanon and one whose literary and psychiatric works, in particular, take centre stage. These writings provide new depth and complexity to our understanding of Fanon's entire oeuvre revealing more of his powerful thinking about identity, race and activism which remain remarkably prescient. Shedding new light on the work of a major 20th-century philosopher, this disruptive and moving work will shape how we look at the world.

General Introduction, by Jean Khalfa and Robert J.C. Young Part One: TheatreFanon, Revolutionary Playwright, by Robert J.C. YoungParallel Hands The Drowning Eye Part Two: Psychiatric writings Fanon: A Revolutionary Psychiatrist, by Jean Khalfa Mental alterations, character modifications, psychic disorders and intellectual deficit in spinocerebellar heredo-degeneration: on a case of Friedreich's ataxia with delusions of possession Letter to Maurice DespinoyTrait d'union On some cases treated with the Bini method Indications of Bini therapy in the framework of institutional therapies On an attempt at readaptation of a patient with morpheic epilepsy and series character disorders Note on techniques of sleeping therapy with conditioning and electroencephalographic monitoring Notre Journal, introduction by Amina Azza Bekkat Letter to Maurice Despinoy Social therapy in a ward of Muslim men: methodological difficulties Daily life in the douars Introduction to sexuality disorders among North-African men Current aspects of mental assistance in Algeria Ethnopsychiatric considerations Confessional behaviour in North Africa (1)Confessional behaviour in North Africa (2)Letter to Maurice DespinoyAttitude of Maghrebin Muslims towards madness The TAT with Muslim women, sociology of perception and imagination Letter to the resident minister The phenomenon of agitation in the psychiatric setting: general considerations, psychopathological meaningBiological study of the action of lithium citrate in manic fits On a case of torsion spasm First attempts with injectable meprobamate in hypochondriac statesDay hospitalization in psychiatry: value and limits Day hospitalization in psychiatry: value and limits. Second part: doctrinal considerations Psychiatry in its meeting with society Part Three: Political writings Introduction, by Jean KhalfaThe Demoralized Foreign Legion Algeria's Independence: an everyday reality National Independence: the only possible outcomeAlgeria and the French Crisis The Algerian conflict and African anticolonialism A democratic revolution One more time: the reason for the prerequisite Algerian revolutionary consciousness Strategies of an Army with its Back to the Wall The survivors of no man's land The testament of a 'man of the left' The rationale of ultracolonialismThe Western World and the Fascist Experience in France Gaullist Illusions The Cross of a People The Anti-Imperialist Movement's Rise and the Retards of Pacification The United Combat of African Countries Richard Wright's White man, listen! At Conakry, He Declares: 'World Peace passes via National Independence' Africa Accuses the West The Stooges of Imperialism Letter to Ali Shariati, presentation by Sara Shariati Part Four: Publishing Fanon (France and Italy, 1959-1971) Introduction, by Jean Khalfa Correspondence between François Maspero and Frantz FanonThe Italian Fanon: unearthing a hidden editorial history, by Neelam Srivastava Part Five: Frantz Fanon's library List established, presented and commented upon by Jean KhalfaKey dates Index