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Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
In this ambitious work, first published in 1983, Cedric Robinson demonstrates that efforts to understand black people's history of resistance solely through the prism of Marxist theory are incomplete and inaccurate. Marxist analyses tend to presuppose European models of history and experience that downplay the significance of black people and black communities as agents of change and resistance. Black radicalism must be linked to the traditions of Africa and the unique experiences of blacks on western continents, Robinson argues, and any analyses of African American history need to acknowledge this.
To illustrate his argument, Robinson traces the emergence of Marxist ideology in Europe, the resistance by blacks in historically oppressive environments, and the influence of both of these traditions on such important twentieth-century black radical thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Richard Wright.
To illustrate his argument, Robinson traces the emergence of Marxist ideology in Europe, the resistance by blacks in historically oppressive environments, and the influence of both of these traditions on such important twentieth-century black radical thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Richard Wright.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
- Publish Date: Jan 24th, 2000
- Pages: 480
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - 0002
- Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.10in - 1.10in - 1.50lb
- EAN: 9780807848296
- Categories: • Political Ideologies - Radicalism• Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Studies• Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
About the Author
Robinson, Cedric J.: - Cedric J. Robinson (1940-2016) was professor of Black Studies and political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include The Terms of Order, Black Movements in America, and Anthropology of Marxism.
Praise for this book
"I can say, without a trace of hyperbole, that this book changed my life.
Robin D. G. Kelley, from the Foreword"
"Black Marxism" provides a well-documented foundation upon which to build ideological and mass social movements."Phylon"
"A towering achievement. There is simply nothing like it in the history of black radical thought.
Cornel West, "Monthly Review""
"Reflective and thought-provoking, a welcome contribution to the African/Afro-American studies discipline.
"Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism""
I can say, without a trace of hyperbole, that this book changed my life.
Robin D. G. Kelley, from the Foreword
A towering achievement. There is simply nothing like it in the history of black radical thought.
Cornel West, "Monthly Review"
Reflective and thought-provoking, a welcome contribution to the African/Afro-American studies discipline.
"Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism"