Toward liberation and recognition
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What does 'evaluate' (Paper 2 part b) ask for?
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Test the reasoning of a claim — weigh reasons for and against — and reach a reasoned judgement.
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Why is imitating the colonizer NOT liberation?
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A better mask is still a mask — it keeps the colonizer's ranking in place and the colonized still judged by someone else's standard.
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Mutual recognition (Fanon)?
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Two people meeting as equals, each seeing the other as a free self — which breaks the object-fixing gaze.
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A 'new humanism' (Fanon)?
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A shared human world where no one is ranked above another by race, and each person is free to define themselves.
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How does Fanon's cure fit his diagnosis?
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The wound was being defined from outside; the freedom is being seen as a self — recognition is the exact reverse of the gaze.
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The main objection to mutual recognition?
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The colonizer holds the power and may never grant it, so recognition can look like a hope, not a plan.
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How is Paper 2 examined?
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Open-book, one hour: a two-part question on your text — (a) Explain a concept [10] + (b) Evaluate a claim [15].
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Fanon's argument in one line?
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Name the wound (mind, language, mask, gaze), refuse the false cure (imitation), build mutual recognition and a new humanism.
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