Frantz Fanon has influenced the work of thinkers from Edward Said and Homi Bhabha to Paul Gilroy. Key works such as Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth established his position as a leading anticolonial thinker, but his work is still frequently misunderstood. T…
"What is the relationship between thought and practice in the domains of language, literature and politics? Is thought the only standard by which to measure intellectual history? How did Arab intellectuals change and affect political, social, cultural and economic developments f…
Hasan al-Turabi (1932-2016) was seen as one of the most influential figures in modern Sudanese history and politics. This book, based on extensive research and a thorough analysis of al-Turabi's own writings, provides a comprehensive study of the upbringing, ideas and political …
From the time of the pre-Socratics, intellectuals, in their role as intellectuals, had been a breed apart. This book tells how in the early decades of the twentieth century, intellectuals abandoned their attachment to the traditional panoply of philosophical and scholarly ideals…
