From Black Liberation to Human Freedom: Claudia Jones, Frantz Fanon, and Universal Emancipation
Abstract
This chapter analyzes the work of two revolutionary thinkers—Claudia Jones, a political journalist from Trinidad and Tobago, and Frantz Fanon, a psychoanalyst and theorist of colonial domination from Martinique. They operate in similar, but distinct ways, with Fanon exploring the psychological and existential ramifications of colonialism, and Jones dissecting Euro-American imperialism by highlighting its organs of gendered and economic strangulation. A key feature of universal emancipation is its development beyond its place of origin. If the emancipation of one subjugated group cannot influence the emancipation of another, the original emancipation was merely nominal: it was emancipation in name only, a false liberation. This is why the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s is thought to be the catalyst for other liberation movements within the United States, namely, the disability, immigrant, and gay rights movements.
Publication Title
Globalizing Political Theory
Recommended Citation
Chevannes, D. (2022). From Black Liberation to Human Freedom: Claudia Jones, Frantz Fanon, and Universal Emancipation. Globalizing Political Theory, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003221708-4
