Creolizing Political Theory: Reading Rousseau through Fanon

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CREOLIZING POLITICAL THEORY j u s t i d e a s transformative ideals of justice in ethical and political thought series editors Drucilla Cornell Roger Berkowitz CREOLIZING POLITICAL THEORY READING ROUSSEAU THROUGH FANON Jane Anna Gordon fordham university press new york 2014 Copyright © 2014 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gordon, Jane Anna, 1976– Creolizing political theory : reading Rousseau through Fanon / Jane Anna Gordon. — First edition. pages cm. — (Just ideas) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8232-5481-1 (hardback) — isbn 978-0-8232-5482-8 (paper) 1. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712–1778—Political and social views. 2. Fanon, Frantz, 1925–1961—Political and social views. 3. General will. 4. Legitimacy of governments. 5. Political science—Philosophy. I. Title. jc179.r9g67 2014 320.01—dc23 2013019537 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 First edition In loving memory of Yvonne Patricia Solomon Garel (or Grandma Pat), Jack Garel, Thelma Young, David Levy, Don Belton, Gary Tobin, and William R. Jones and to kerido Lewis, in whom so many worlds converge and are made new ...