Frantz Fanon and Jared Diamond

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Matthew Lymbers; 17463270. 1. Fanon, Diamond. The post-colonisation works of Frantz Fanon can be contrasted and compared with the canon of Gayatri Spivak in her book 'Can The Subaltern Speak' and Jared Diamond's 'The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race'. Frantz Fanon's 'The Wretched Of The Earth' characterises the rashness of the bourgeois after the governing body or governing control of post-colonisers has left the country. In relation; Spivak, speaking of the Subaltern (those that exist outside of the imperialistic power or ,simply put, natives) produces a strong argument for Fanon being the forerunner of the subsequent Subaltern movement. In itself, this argument is contradictory as Fanon is critical of both the imperialistic power and the bourgeois, though he speaks from an decolonisation-al past experience. The third writing; from Diamond is a meticulous piece on the advancement of agriculture. Diamond makes the rationalisation that our natural ancestors were better off in both health, method and unrefined human existence. Agriculture forced them to adopt a similar lifestyle which in turn killed off the hunter-gatherer. Diamond, therefore, indirectly agrees with Fanon and comentes his view against colonisation. Jared Diamond, questioning the progress of science, relates to the post-colonisation works of Frantz Fanon. Diamond doesn't necessarily disagree with agriculture, but simply has an opinion that the human race was better off before its introduction. “It's a life [hunting and gathering] that philosophers have traditionally regarded as nasty, brutish and short” (Diamond 1987). The author uses the 'Naysayer' approach to critique his response and counters with an argument on human survival. “It turns out that these people have plenty of leisure time, sleep a good deal and work
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