H.A.

Bulhan
Frantz Fanon and the Psychology of Oppression
Series: Path in Psychology

This is a biography of Frantz Fanon. It presents an absorbing and careful ac count of

several impressive themes. First is the review and assessment of Fanon's life. Second is a
theory of psychology, by the author, which will aug ment and prove useful to theorists
and practitioners who focus on Third World people. And lastly there is a broad and
systematic integration of many areas of scholarship including philosophy, anthropology,
political science, history, so ciology, mythology, public health, and economics. Bulhan's
writing is lucid, creative, and persuasive. It demonstrates that all these scholarly areas
must be handled with erudition in order to build a baseline for understanding both Fanon
and the psychology of oppression. Readers of Fanon will be familiar with the psychology
of oppression which he presented so forcefully. How life events and experiences led to
the formula tion of this psychology is the chief emphasis of the author. Yet the book also
gives scintillating clinical proof that Fanon made many other significant con tributions
to his field. He was an outstanding and dedicated physician as well as a philosopher and
political activist.
1985, XIV, 300 p.

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