C.L.R. James: A Critical IntroductionUniversity Press of Mississippi, 1997 - 199 pages This study of C. L. R. James's writings is the first to look at them as literature and not as theory. This sustained analysis of his major published works places them in the context of his less well-known writings and offers an encompassing critique of one of the African diaspora's most significant thinkers and writers. Here the author of Black Jacobins, World Revolution, A History of Pan-African Revolt, , Beyond a Boundary, and the lyric novel Minty Alley is seen not only as among the great political philosophers but also as the literary artist that he remained, from his first writings in his native Trinidad through his underground years in America, to his final essays and speeches in London. The writings of James have inspired revolutionaries on three continents. They have altered the course of historiography, shown that way toward independent black political struggles, and established a base for much of today's study of culture. This study evaluates them as powerful works of literature. |
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... true of many in the French Revolution as well : “ as soon as the Liberals saw the workmen in the streets they would see not only the enemies of Tsarism , but their own enemies , and would of necessity rush to compromise with the ...
... true that James often seems overoptimistic in his predictions . and evaluations , it is also true , as is readily seen in such texts as Black Jacobins , Party Politics in the West Indies , and Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution , that no ...
... true of the West Indies , the suggestion is , it may also be true of Britain . But if British intellectuals remain " blind to the grandeur of a game which , in lands far from that which gave it birth , could encompass so much of social ...
Contents
Spheres of EXISTENCE WHAT MAISIE KNEW | 3 |
AT THE RENDEZVOUS OF VICTORY | 51 |
THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT ΙΟΙ | 95 |
Copyright | |
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