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This chapter is by far my favorite and the most interesting chapter. It is very much detached from the rest of the work, so if you are not caught up with the reading feel free to skip ahead to this one. Once again, I will be leaving the discussion open. Feel free to highlight your favorite parts, ask questions, put in your favorite questions. Try to respond to one other person's comment. Great work comrades for everyone who has completed the reading and keep it going to everyone getting caught up!
English translation by Richard Philcox – https://ia801708.us.archive.org/3/items/the-wretched-of-the-earth/The Wretched Of The Earth.pdf – you'd be reading from page 42 to 311 of this PDF, 270 pages
English translation by Constance Farrington – https://abahlali.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Frantz-Fanon-The-Wretched-of-the-Earth-1965.pdf
Original French text – https://monoskop.org/images/9/9d/Fanon_Frantz_Les_damnés_de_la_terre_2002.pdf
English audio version – https://inv.tux.pizza/playlist?list=PLZ_8DduHfUd2r1OOCtKh0M6Q9xD5RaR3S – about 12h20m – Alternative links
soundcloud audio book english https://soundcloud.com/listenleft/sets/frantz-fanon-the-wretched-of-the-earth
Schedule
8/20/23 - pre-face and chapter one On violence
8/27/23- chapter two Grandeur and Weakness of Spontaneity
9/3/23- chapter three The Trials and Tribulations of National Consciousness
9/10/23- chapter four On National Culture
9/17/23 chapter five Colonial war and Mental Disorders and conclusion
its been a fun ride yall and I will eventually responed to every comment, its been a long week and im getting drunk tonight.
This is another one of my favorite chapters. Chapter 5 details Fanon's field work in as a psychologist working with Algerians and French settlers. It's different from the previous chapters which discusses theory. I like this chapter because when Mao said, "no investigation, no right to speak," Mao wasn't talking about reading a bunch of books as investigation but doing actual field work (The title of the article is "Oppose Book Worship" as in books aren't good enough). As a testament to the thoroughness of his field work, Fanon also treated French policemen and made it really obvious that their mental disturbances are completely attributed to them torturing Algerian prisoners. One French torturer went to Fanon because he kept on beating his wife and kids, and he repeatedly beat his wife and kids because he spends his entire day beating Algerian prisoners. Colonization not only dehumanizes the colonized, but also dehumanized the colonizer as well, turning them into inhuman monsters. Part of the chapter also dealt with the way the French would torture Algerians and the PTSD Fanon had to deal with.
The Conclusion is also very powerful. I'll leave the ending of the conclusion here: