Camus and Fanon on the Algerian Question

An Ethics of Rebellion
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-74991-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 256 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy

This is the first book to offer a systematic comparison of the philosophies of Albert Camus and Frantz Fanon. It shows how the ethical, political, and psychological outlooks of these two influential thinkers can further our understandings of how to bring about justice in the face of deep power imbalances.

The author foregrounds the bloody Algerian War of Independence in his analysis of the philosophies of Camus and Fanon. Although neither supported French colonial occupation of Algeria, they held radically different views of the conflict. Fanon supported emancipation through violence, which the author argues has been uncritically romanticized. Camus, on the other hand, supported an ethics of moderation that shunned indiscriminate violence. The author argues that Camus has been unfairly accused of being an apologist for colonialism. Finally, the author draws out the common endorsement of humanist values that drive both Camus’ and Fanon’s thought.

Camus and Fanon on the Algerian Question will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in twentieth-century Continental philosophy, postcolonialism, existentialism, and African philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tabensky, Pedro

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

Part I: Fanon

2. The Pure Peasant-Warrior-Philosopher

3. Dreams, Lies and the New Man

4. "The Trials and Tribulations of National Consciousness"

5. The Therapeutic Function of Violence?

6. The New Man?

7. Liberation Psychiatry

Part II: Camus

8. Almost Brushing Shoulders

9. Bad Faith

10. Sisyphus

11. An Unlikely Solution

12. "The Temple of Caesar"

13. "I rebel—therefore we exist": Truth, Freedom, and Communication

14. Conclusion.

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pedro Tabensky is the Director of the Allan Gray Centre for Leadership Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University in South Africa. He has drawn on the work of Fanon and Camus intellectuals in recent publications. Tabensky is currently working on a book exploring the relationship between education, ethics, and freedom.