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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... Johnson - Forest group's departure from the Trotskyite Workers Party . ) By the late 1940s , however , it had become evident to James that " if the party does not wither away , the state never will " ( ND 176 ) , and that understanding ...
... Johnson - Forest collaborators in this period , as well as internal evidence in the publications , makes it evident that James's is the organizing editorial hand , setting tasks for the group and revising the project when the ...
... Johnson - Forest publication State Capitalism and World Revolution , James and his colleagues rush to point out what they share with those earlier theorists : " We have never said that the economy of the United States is the same as the ...
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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