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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... Production for the Sake of Production , " James explains that " aufhebung does not mean mere non - existence , or abolition as you abolish a hot dog or wipe some chalk off a board . As Hegel explains at length , it means for him ...
... production as " creative labor . " James points to the bureaucratization of the production conferences associated with the first five - year plan during the transition period of 1924–1928 as the beginning of " the alienation of mass ...
... production . James then moves to a synthesis of these two phenomena , arguing that “ in fact , life , liberty , the pursuit of happiness and mass production are today not distinguishable . They form an entity " ( AC 27 ) . James notes ...
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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