The Algerian Revolution and the Humanity of Man: The Confessions of Fanon and Sartre

About this book

Hicham Mosbah reads the Algerian Revolution through the ethical and philosophical testimony of Frantz Fanon and Jean-Paul Sartre. Fanon's psychiatric work in Blida, his analysis of colonial violence, and Sartre's existential commitment provide distinct yet intersecting routes into the question of liberation. The study treats revolution as more than a military confrontation: it is a struggle over dignity, language, embodiment, and the definition of the human itself. Torture and dispossession expose colonialism as a moral system, while resistance forces difficult questions about violence and responsibility. Mosbah places historical experience in conversation with ideas that continue to shape postcolonial thought.