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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... Constitution without mentioning , at least in this preliminary sketch , that this was one of the points of contention upon which the working relationship of Garrison and Frederick Douglass foundered . Like W. E. B. Du Bois in his book ...
... constitution of 1936-1937 , to increased measures of Fordism and Taylorism in Soviet production . Finally , " whereas in 1936 we had the singling out of a ruling class , a ' simple ' division between mental and physical work , we now ...
... Constitution's ratification onward , creating a situation in which " the Union had in fact become the slave of the 300,000 slave - holders who [ ruled ] the South " ( Surveys 339 ) . James located in such scattered notes reinforcement ...
Contents
SPHERES Of Existence WHAT MAISie Knew | 3 |
AT THE RENDEZVOUS OF VICTORY | 51 |
THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT | 95 |
Copyright | |
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