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@article{ART001594056},
author={Kim Su Rasmussen and Eli Park Sorensen},
title={The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2011},
volume={24},
pages={5-30},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kim Su Rasmussen
AU - Eli Park Sorensen
TI - The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2011
VL - 24
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 5
EP - 30
SN - 1598-0685
AB - This article offers a reflection on Frantz Fanon's diagnosis and analysis of French colonialism in Algeria. We will attempt to demonstrate that there is a concrete and clear connection between Fanon as the psychiatrist diagnosing the devastating effects of the French colonial system, and his subsequent political involvement in the Algerian revolution. This is not to say that each part does not contain valuable insights in their own rights, but rather to stress that without being read together, as a whole, one would miss a significant element in the understanding of the importance Fanon's thought subsequently came to play in the emancipation struggles of the colonized worldwide. Furthermore, we argue that it is crucial to understand the intimate connection between Fanon's psychiatric work, his diagnosis of colonial mental disorders, as well as diagnosis of the colonial system as such, and then his political engagement, in order to understand the particular context in which he favourably discusses the use of violence in the name of fighting against the oppressive system of colonialism. Above all, we argue that Fanon's critique of colonialism continues to spark controversy because it still represents the most powerful and incisive analysis of, as well as answer to, the troubled relationship between the blessed and the wretched of the earth.
KW - Frantz Fanon;racism;psychiatry;colonialism;violence
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5
ER -

Kim Su Rasmussen and Eli Park Sorensen. (2011). The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse. Cross-Cultural Studies, 24, 5-30.

Kim Su Rasmussen and Eli Park Sorensen. 2011, "The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.24, pp.5-30. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5

Kim Su Rasmussen, Eli Park Sorensen "The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse" Cross-Cultural Studies 24 pp.5-30 (2011) : 5.

Kim Su Rasmussen, Eli Park Sorensen. The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse. 2011; 24 5-30. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5

Kim Su Rasmussen and Eli Park Sorensen. "The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse" Cross-Cultural Studies 24(2011) : 5-30.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5

Kim Su Rasmussen; Eli Park Sorensen. The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse. Cross-Cultural Studies, 24, 5-30. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5

Kim Su Rasmussen; Eli Park Sorensen. The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2011; 24 5-30. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5

Kim Su Rasmussen, Eli Park Sorensen. The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse. 2011; 24 5-30. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5

Kim Su Rasmussen and Eli Park Sorensen. "The Psychiatrist and the Revolutionary: Frantz Fanon’s Critique of Colonial Discourse" Cross-Cultural Studies 24(2011) : 5-30.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2011.24..5