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Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition - Couverture souple

Robinson, Cedric J.

 
9780807848296: Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0807848298 ISBN 13 : 9780807848296
Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2000

Synopsis

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. |In this reissue of a 1983 classic, Robinson argues that Western Marxism is unable to comprehend either the racial character of capitalism or mass movements outside of Europe. Robinson combines political theory, history, philosophy, and cultural analysis to illustrate his argument and chronicles the influence of Marxist ideology and black resistance on such important black radical thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Richard Wright.

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À propos de l'auteur

CEDRIC J. ROBINSON is professor of black studies and political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of four other books, including Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition (from the University of North Carolina Press).

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Éditeur
The University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807848298
ISBN 13 
9780807848296
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
480
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Personne responsable
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