Fanon’s writings are not simple appropriations of Marxist theory but rather reflections on lived experiences. Black radicalism, a transnational movement, has its roots in Western European capitalist expansion and slavery, which is part of the larger experience of the African Diaspora. Fanon belongs to what Cedric Robinson calls the “black radical tradition,” which challenges the traditional “canon” of European political thought. Another part of my argument highlights the tensions and challenges that theorists like Fanon contribute to the field of political theory. I argue that Fanon’s principle concern was defeating colonialism and uprooting its political-economic structures while creating and renewing an ethical self through praxis, corresponding to an axiology that can be described as a de-centered social democracy. Adam have argued that Fanon advocated a radical democratic approach to decolonization however, I take this analysis a step further by focusing on the moral implications of Fanon’s writings in regards to decolonization. This paper analyzes Frantz Fanon’s book The Wretched of the Earth as an ethical text for how colonized societies should organize in a collective, democratic fashion throughout the process of decolonization.
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