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How We Walk : Frantz Fanon and the Politics of the Body by Matthew Beaumont (2024, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherVerso Books

ISBN-101804290076

ISBN-139781804290071

eBay Product ID (ePID)23061250226

Product Key Features

Book TitleHow We Walk : Frantz Fanon and the Politics of the Body

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSpecial Interest / Literary, Social, General, Sociology / Social Theory

Publication Year2024

GenreTravel, Political Science, Philosophy, Social Science

AuthorMatthew Beaumont

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-039694

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Beaumont is one of the most brilliant of the younger generation of English critics" --Terry Eagleton, author of How to Read Literature "In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Beaumont reminds us that walking is far from a neutral activity; it is, rather, "irreducibly political". With the help of Frantz Fanon, Beaumont locates freedom at the level of the body; free from the systems of oppression, exploitation, and harassment." --Lauren Elkin, author of Fl'neuse "Easily translating abstruse philosophical concepts into fluid prose, Beaumont sheds light on the inherent impossibility of existing as a Black body in a colonialized society ... Assured and erudite, this is well worth a look." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "A necessary reminder of the depth and relevancy of Fanon's political thought and philosophy." --Sudip Bhattacharya, Counterpunch, "Beaumont is one of the most brilliant of the younger generation of English critics" --Terry Eagleton, author of How to Read Literature "In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Beaumont reminds us that walking is far from a neutral activity; it is, rather, "irreducibly political". With the help of Frantz Fanon, Beaumont locates freedom at the level of the body; free from the systems of oppression, exploitation, and harassment." --Lauren Elkin, author of Fl'neuse "Easily translating abstruse philosophical concepts into fluid prose, Beaumont sheds light on the inherent impossibility of existing as a Black body in a colonialized society ... Assured and erudite, this is well worth a look." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, "Beaumont is one of the most brilliant of the younger generation of English critics" --Terry Eagleton, author of How to Read Literature "In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Beaumont reminds us that walking is far from a neutral activity; it is, rather, "irreducibly political". With the help of Frantz Fanon, Beaumont locates freedom at the level of the body; free from the systems of oppression, exploitation, and harassment." --Lauren Elkin, author of Fl'neuse

Dewey Decimal325.301

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction: The Body Arrested 1. The Racialized Body: Fanon Walks with Garnette Cadogan 2. The Exploited Body: Fanon Walks with Ernst Bloch 3. The Disordered Body: Fanon Walks with Nikolaus Friedreich 4. The Paralysed Body: Fanon Walks with Peter Moss 5. The Armoured Body: Fanon Walks with Wilhelm Reich 6. The Body Transformed: Fanon Walks with Assia Djebar Notes Index

Synopsis"In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Beaumont reminds us that walking is far from a neutral activity. With the help of Frantz Fanon, Beaumont locates freedom at the level of the body; free from the systems of oppression, exploitation, and harassment." -Lauren Elkin, author of Fl'neuse How race, class, and politics influence the way we move You can tell a lot about people by how they walk. Matthew Beaumont argues that our standing, walking body holds the social traumas of history and its racialized inequalities. Our posture and gait reflect our social and political experiences as we navigate the city under capitalism. Through a series of dialogues with thinkers and walkers, his book explores the relationship between freedom and the human body How We Walk foregrounds the work of Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist and leading thinker of liberation, who was one of the first people to think about the politics of 'walking while black'. It also introduces us to the renegade psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, who wrote that one could discern the truth about a person through their posture and gait. For Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch, the ability to walk upright and with ease is a sign of personal and social freedom. Through these excursions, Beaumont reimagines the canonical literature on walking and presents a new interpretation of the impact of class and race on our physical and political mobility, raising important questions about the politics of the body.

LC Classification NumberJC273.F36B43 2024