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Black Marxism | The Making of the Black Radical Tradition | Cedric J. Robinson

Black Marxism | The Making of the Black Radical Tradition | Cedric J. Robinson

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Nonfiction Intellectual History Political Theory Philosophy 'A towering achievement. There is simply nothing like it in the history of Black radical thought' Cornel West 'Cedric Robinson's brilliant analyses revealed new ways of thinking and acting' Angela Davis 'This work is about our people's struggle, the historical Black struggle' Trade Paperback 496 pages Penguin Modern Classics

Any struggle must be fought on a people's own terms, argues Cedric Robinson's landmark account of Black radicalism. Marxism is a western construction, and therefore inadequate to describe the significance of Black communities as agents of change against 'racial capitalism'. Tracing the emergence of European radicalism, the history of Black African resistance and the influence of these on such key thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James and Richard Wright, Black Marxism reclaims the story of a movement.

Cedric Robinson 1940-2016 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).

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