The Wretched of the Earth

by

Frantz Fanon

National Consciousness Term Analysis

The shared identity of a nation. According to Fanon, national consciousness is developed during the struggle for independence and the building of a nation, and it is “the highest form of culture.”
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National Consciousness Term Timeline in The Wretched of the Earth

The timeline below shows where the term National Consciousness appears in The Wretched of the Earth. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: On Violence
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...and demonstrate military power to intimidate, and all of this makes everyone “trigger-happy.” Oppression strengthens national consciousness , and violence is the only solution. The colonized masses believe that independence can only... (full context)
Chapter 3: The Trials and Tribulations of National Consciousness
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National consciousness , Fanon says, is not “the coordinated crystallization of the people’s innermost aspirations.” Rather, it... (full context)
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...The people must know what is going on, Fanon says, and the development of their national consciousness depends on it.  (full context)
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...wait for a war to start. Nationalism is not political, and to foster the nation, national consciousness must take priority over social and political consciousness. (full context)
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...fail the people, and national politics most often lead to a “dead end.” The collective national consciousness is the “living expression of the nation,” and without it, there is chaos and oppression. (full context)
Chapter 4: Mutual Foundations for National Culture and Liberation Struggles
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...Production of literature goes into overdrive, and there is much diversity in it. As the national consciousness changes, so does the writing of the colonized intellectual. From this point, one can now... (full context)
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This national literature is like “combat literature” because it builds the national consciousness . Oral literature, too, begins to change. Battles are updated and modernized to recent struggles,... (full context)
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As the national consciousness awakens, music changes. The new jazz coming out of the United States is a certain... (full context)
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...says, colonialism is dead, but so are the colonized. “If culture is the expression of national consciousness ,” Fanon continues, “I shall have no hesitation in saying, in the case in point,... (full context)
Chapter 5: Series C
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In brainwashing practices for the nonintellectual, the body is beaten in hopes that the national consciousness will dissolve. They are forced to confess that they are not with the liberation movement... (full context)