Political Science · Western Political Thought
'The Wretched of the Earth' (1961) is a book written by:
AElizabeth Cady Stanton
BSusan B. Anthony
CNawar al-Hassan Golley
DFrantz Fanon ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Frantz Fanon — Frantz Fanon wrote The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, so the answer is Frantz Fanon.
Explanation
★Frantz Fanon wrote The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, so the answer is Frantz Fanon.
★It is a classic text on decolonisation and the psychology of the colonised.
★Fanon argued that colonialism is itself a system of organised violence.
★He held that the native often needs counter-violence to throw off the coloniser.
★He analysed how colonial rule damages the mind and identity of the colonised.
★He also warned against a national middle class that betrays the liberation struggle.
★Stanton and Anthony were women's-rights leaders, not the authors of this work.
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