Frantz Fanon

Nigel C. Gibson is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College, Boston, and an expert in the fields of Africana thought and postcolonialism. He is recognized as one of the leading scholars on Frantz Fanon and has authored numerous books on Fanon’s thought.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Martinique, France and Metaphysical Experiences Chapter 2: Fanon in FranceChapter 3: Black Skin, White MasksChapter 4: Fanon in AlgeriaChapter 5: The Algerian Revolution and Beyond: Fanon in TunisChapter 6: Writing from Inside the Algerian RevolutionChapter 7: Fanon, a Revolutionary Pan-Africanist Ambassador and his Last DaysChapter 8: Les Damnés de la terre: The Handbook of RevolutionConclusion

"This book compels readers to step into 'the glare of history's floodlights.' Nigel Gibson expertly explores Fanon's philosophy of liberation and makes a riveting plea for us to listen to Fanon across the ages. Each generation can and should find its revolution 'no longer in future heaven,' but within their own collective consciousness."Jane Anna Gordon, author of Statelessness and Contemporary Enslavement"Gibson excavates Fanon like no other scholar. This book is a truly great read, and a masterful rendering of how and why Fanon keeps coming to life during revolutionary turning points in ever more diverse and comprehensive ways."Lou Turner, co-author of Frantz Fanon, Soweto and Black American Thought"Combat Breathing reads Fanon as Fanon read his patients and comrades—that is, by patiently and brilliantly reframing and researching Fanon's life and work, becoming curious about moments of hesitation and stasis, and seeing what kind of self- and world-making such moments might vivify, if allowed to unfold .... With Fanon, Gibson proposes to cut against the pathologization of resistance, offering tools and theory—a 'Handbook'—by which current movements might critique, transform, and sustain their forms of resistance."Parapraxis Magazine"Gibson firmly situates the reader in the midst of the key theoretical points in Fanon's life, rigorously details the relevant background and source material for each of his texts, and guides the reader through all of Fanon's challenging concepts with lucid and precise commentary"Samuel Summers, JAAS Journal of Asian and African Studies"Gibson lays the foundation for a return to Fanon's texts that goes beyond interrogating his psychoanalytic inheritances. Re-centering Fanon's Marxism and existentialism... allows us to rethink Fanon's concept of violence anew.... [A]n excellent introduction to Fanon's historical context and political thought."Rose A. Owen, Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis"A welcome addition to this growing body of work."Against the Current"Successfully highlights Fanon's intrinsic and enduring belief in the need for self-critique alongside the care for all human life."French Studies