Cedric J. Robinson

Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition

Buch

In this ambitious work, first published in 1983, Cedric Robinson demonstrates that efforts to understand black people's history of resistance solely through the prism of Marxist theory are incomplete and inaccurate. Marxist analyses tend to presuppose European models of history and experience that downplay the significance of black people and black communities as agents of change and resistance. Black radicalism must be linked to the traditions of Africa and the unique experiences of blacks on western continents, Robinson argues, and any analyses of African American history need to acknowledge this.To illustrate his argument, Robinson traces… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8078-4829-6
EAN: 9780807848296
Produktnummer: 1473729
Verlag: Univ Of North Carolina Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 480 S.
Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.4 cm x D4.5 cm 736 g
Auflage: 2. A.
Gewicht: 736

Über den Autor

Cedric Robinson was a Professor in the Department of Black Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He headed the Department of Black Studies and the Department of Political Science and served as the Director of the Center for Black Studies Research. His books include 'Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition' (1983); 'Black Movements in America' (1997); and 'Terms of Order: Political Science and the Myth of Leadership' (1980).