Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961

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Name (Hebrew)
פנון, פרנץ, 1925-1961
Name (Latin)
Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961
Name (Arabic)
فانون، فرانز، 1925-1961
Other forms of name
P'ŭranch'ŭ P'anong, 1925-1961
Faanon, Faraanz, 1925-1961
Fānūn, Frānz, 1925-1961
P'anong, P'ŭranch'ŭ, 1925-1961
פאנון, פרנץ, 1925-1961
فانون، فرانتس، 1925-1961
Date of birth
1925
Date of death
1961
Place of birth
Fort-de-France (Martinique)
Place of death
Bethesda (Md.)
Associated country
Martinique
Other associated place
France
United States
Field of activity
Psychiatry
Philosophy
Political science
Occupation
Essayists
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Revolutionaries
Authors, Black
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 22490
Wikidata: Q193670
Library of congress: n 79133201
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Wikipedia description:

Frantz Omar Fanon (, US: ; French: [fʁɑ̃ts fanɔ̃]; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961) was a Martinican psychiatrist and political philosopher. His works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies and critical theory. As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical and Pan-Africanist, concerned with the psychopathology of colonization and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization. In the course of his work as a physician and psychiatrist, Fanon supported the Algerian War of independence from France and was a member of the Algerian National Liberation Front. Fanon has been described as "the most influential anticolonial thinker of his time". For more than five decades, the life and works of Fanon have inspired national liberation movements and other freedom and political movements in Sri Lanka, South Africa, and the United States. Fanon formulated a model for community psychology, believing that many mental health patients would have an improved prognosis if they were integrated into their family and community instead of being treated with institutionalized care. He also helped found the field of institutional psychotherapy while working at Saint-Alban under François Tosquelles and Jean Oury.

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