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Frantz Fanon

Psychiatrist and revolutionary philosopher Frantz Fanon is a key post-colonial theorist who analyzed the psychological effects of colonization and the path to liberation.

Frases de Frantz Fanon

  • “The Black man is not. No more than the White man. Both must turn away from the inhuman voices of their respective ancestors.”
    Filosófico, Identidade
  • “Decolonization is, quite simply, the replacing of a certain 'species' of men by another 'species' of men. But this creation owes nothing to any supernatural power.”
    Político, Revolucionário
  • “To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture.”
    Linguagem, Cultura
  • “I am not a prisoner of History. I should not seek there for the meaning of my destiny.”
    Existencialista
  • “The explosion will not happen today. It is too soon... or too late.”
    Crítica Social
  • “The colonized man is an oppressed person who permanently dreams of becoming the persecutor.”
    Psicologia Social
  • “Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.”
    Ético, Político
  • “The colonial world is a world cut into compartments.”
    Sociológico
  • “When an uprising breaks out in a Black country, I ask myself: what do they want?”
    Reflexão Social
  • “For the colonized subject, objectivity is always directed against them.”
    Epistemológico

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