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Mar 2023
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61 | Frantz Fanon, Racism, and the Alien...

Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, Gil Morejón, and William Paris
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In this episode, we take a deep dive into Frantz Fanon’s first book Black Skin, White Masks. We discuss his views on racism as a form of alienation and narcissism, assess that status of reason throughout his argument, and interrogate his emphasis on futurity over history. Throughout we defend his theory of social pathology and his embrace of reason and unive ... Show More
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