Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition
The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
By Cedric J. Robinson, Damien Sojoyner, Robin D. G. Kelley, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard | Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
About the book
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, Robinson argues, must be linked to the traditions of Africa and the unique experiences of Blacks on Western continents, and any analyses of African American history need to acknowledge this.
To illustrate his argument, Robinson traces the emergence of Marxist ideology in Europe, the resistance by Blacks in historically oppressive environments, and the influence of both of these traditions on such important twentieth-century Black radical thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Richard Wright. This revised and updated third edition includes a new preface by Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, and a new foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley.
Editions of Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469663715
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469663722
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469663739
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469663746
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890862433
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890862426
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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, Robinson argues, must be linked to the traditions of Africa and the unique experiences of Blacks on Western continents, and any analyses of African American history need to acknowledge this.
To illustrate his argument, Robinson traces the emergence of Marxist ideology in Europe, the resistance by Blacks in historically oppressive environments, and the influence of both of these traditions on such important twentieth-century Black radical thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Richard Wright. This revised and updated third edition includes a new preface by Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, and a new foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley.
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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, Robinson argues, must be linked to the traditions of Africa and the unique experiences of Blacks on Western continents, and any analyses of African American history need to acknowledge this.
To illustrate his argument, Robinson traces the emergence of Marxist ideology in Europe, the resistance by Blacks in historically oppressive environments, and the influence of both of these traditions on such important twentieth-century Black radical thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Richard Wright. This revised and updated third edition includes a new preface by Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, and a new foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley.
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How long is Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition and how many pages does it have?
Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition has 496 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition?
Cedric J. Robinson, Damien Sojoyner, Robin D. G. Kelley, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
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Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469663715) and paperback(ISBN 9781469663722) and ebook(ISBN 9781469663739) and ebook(ISBN 9781469663746) and ebook(ISBN 9798890862433) and pdf(ISBN 9798890862426)
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