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Work #586 · Late

Toward the African Revolution

Frantz Fanon
1952-1961 essays; 1964 (collection) · French
Anti-colonial political essays · Caribbean-Algerian decolonial thought

Fanon's 1964 posthumous collection — major political essays on the African revolution

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Toward the African Revolution (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Toward the African Revolution

The historical time of decolonization.

Space

Toward the African Revolution

The African geopolitical space.

Matter

Toward the African Revolution

The embodied colonized people.

Observer

Toward the African Revolution

Fanon as Caribbean-Algerian-Pan-African revolutionary.

Energy

Toward the African Revolution

Energies of decolonial revolution.

Information

Toward the African Revolution

Major political-essay collection.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Toward the African Revolution

Toward the African Revolution is the third major Fanon volume bridging psychological and political work.