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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... beginnings of a problem which has been fully recognized during the last twenty years , " James writes in 1950. That ... beginning around the difficulties of reconciling a commitment to the freedom of the individual with the democratic ...
... beginning . However , while individual groups of rebels seized upon opportunities offered by periods of social ferment , James believes these constant acts of insurrection were doomed to defeat without the broader support of ...
... beginning around 1929 , " a symbolism that goes to the very heart of the modern age , its denial of personality to the mass and the determination of the mass to realize some form of individuality in however vicarious a form ” ( AC 142 ) ...
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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