Arendt on Fanon

01Dec09

I’ve tried to find more on “spontaneity” in Arendt and Fanon. I’ve ultimately found more of her criticisms on Fanon’s necessary violence. This quote is from an essay I’m using. “Her reading of Fanon is frequently qualified by a tendency to accuse other members ofthe existentialist tradition with which she identifies Fanon, as being more [...]

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Tags: colonialism, Frantz Fanon, Hannah Arendt, spontaneity, violence