JOURNAL ARTICLE

Black Orpheus, Fanon and the Negritude Movement.

  • Published In: Sartre Studies International, 2024, v. 30, n. 1. P. 47 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Romdenh-Romluc, Komarine 3 of 3

Abstract

In Rethinking Existentialism, Jonathan Webber examines Fanon's engagement with the Negritude movement, focusing on his discussion in Black Skin, White Masks. A portion of Fanon's text discusses an interpretation of the movement advanced by Sartre in his essay 'Black Orpheus'. Here, I raise some difficulties for what I will call Webber's 'black agency' reading of Fanon, before presenting an alternative. I argue that Fanon accepted certain important Negritude ideas, particularly Césaire's conception of a therapeutic method called the nekyia, and that this is crucial to understanding Fanon's response to Sartre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Sartre Studies International. 2024/06, Vol. 30, Issue 1, p47
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1357-1559
  • DOI:10.3167/ssi.2024.300106
  • Accession Number:181832010
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