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The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

First published in 1961, Frantz Fanon’s

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The Rest Is History

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The Rest Is History

The hosts described it as a foundational text of decolonisation, noting its importance among Fanon's writings.

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the wretched of the earth I mean is kind of one of the great kind of foundational texts

— Episode: 100. Decolonising Africa

Episode: 100. Decolonising Africa

The hosts described it as a foundational text of decolonisation, noting its importance among Fanon's writings.

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the wretched of the earth I mean is kind of one of the great kind of foundational texts

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The hosts said the phrase "the wretched of the earth" was the title of Fanon's 1961 book and described it as a foundational text of postcolonial theory.

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the wretched of the earth, which is the title of Frantz Fanon's book that came out in 1961, and is really the foundational text of kind of postcolonial theory.

Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

It was discussed in the context of violence and decolonial processes, particularly how colonial states use the language of rights while often resorting to violence in practice.

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It's fantastic when talking about violence and violence in the decolonial process and like how it gets very nice that these colonial states, apartheid states like Israel speak in the language of right...

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 90

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 90

It was discussed in the context of violence and decolonial processes, particularly how colonial states use the language of rights while often resorting to violence in practice.

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It's fantastic when talking about violence and violence in the decolonial process and like how it gets very nice that these colonial states, apartheid states like Israel speak in the language of rights.

But every time they fucking do, they get met with violence.

And it is entirely understandable that when the state speaks to you only in violence, you will reply using the same language that is spoken to you with.

From Algeria to Vietnam to Palestine.

Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

Fanon's most famous work, published in 1961, argued that revolutionary violence was essential to liberate the oppressed.

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This experience would lead Fanon to write his most famous work, The Wretched of the Earth, a poetically messianic volume whose publication Shatz rightly terms a historical event.

— Episode: What Americans Really Think About Race

Episode: What Americans Really Think About Race

Fanon's most famous work, published in 1961, argued that revolutionary violence was essential to liberate the oppressed.

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This experience would lead Fanon to write his most famous work, The Wretched of the Earth, a poetically messianic volume whose publication Shatz rightly terms a historical event.

Timcast IRL

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Timcast IRL

The book was referenced in several episodes as a source for the claim that decolonization is inherently violent. Hosts such as Tim Pool and Jeremy Kauffman cited its arguments about the colonized seizing the colonizer's property and even his spouse to illustrate and critique leftist viewpoints. The discussion highlighted the book's violent decolonization thesis without endorsing it.

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The book discusses decolonization and the things that are required to decolonize.

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Franz Fanon wrote a book called the wretched of the earth. And that is talking about decolonization and the things that are required to decolonize colonization in the middle East is not thought of in the same way that the West thinks of colonization in the middle East.

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The author mentioned how Frantz Fanon's book, *The Wretched of the Earth*, discusses how decolonization is inherently violent.

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It says that the the process of decolonization is inherently violent.

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The book, "The Wretched of the Earth," was mentioned as an example of how decolonization is always violent, and a reminder that leftist professors are familiar with the theories in the book and the ideas within it.

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That's France fan in the wretched of the earth or whatever he wrote is like decolonization is always violent. It's fundamentally violent.

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The author mentioned a passage from the book that outlines the goal of decolonization, which he said means for the colonized to take the colonizer's property, sleep in his bed, and under the best circumstances, sleep with his wife. He used this quote to show the violent implications of decolonization rhetoric.

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Franz Fandans wretched of the world and it's clear.

Read Franz Fandans wretched of the world and it's clear.

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