In Excess of Decolonization: The Sovereignty of Childhood in The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

This article questions the place of the child in the metaphysics and imaginary of Western colonization, racialization, and decolonization. In the last chapter of The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon, children appear not only as victims but also as a problem for which Fanon struggles to account...

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Published in:Theory, culture & society culture & society, 2024-05, Vol.41 (3), p.21-35
Main Author: Bujon, Hugo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Childhood
Children
Colonization
Decolonization
Metaphysics
Sovereignty
Victims
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Summary:This article questions the place of the child in the metaphysics and imaginary of Western colonization, racialization, and decolonization. In the last chapter of The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon, children appear not only as victims but also as a problem for which Fanon struggles to account as a theorist of decolonization as much as a psychiatric practitioner. Through a reading of one of the cases, this article interrogates the ways in which colonization attempts to infantilize colonized populations while erasing childhood, and the ways in which decolonization meets colonization by regarding childhood in the end as a misfortune. The work of decolonization, to proceed, thus would demand us to rethink childhood, and in doing so break free of Western metaphysics.
ISSN:0263-2764
1460-3616
DOI:10.1177/02632764231205031