Rethinking Race, Politics, and Poetics: C.L.R. James' Critique of Modernity by B

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This book assesses the oeuvre of Trinidadian activist-intellectual C.L.R. James in its entire polymath range, analyzing his writings across disciplines and genres as well as his varied political and cultural concerns.

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Rethinking Race, Politics, and Poetics offers a critical appraisal of C.L.R. James as a major twentieth-century activist-intellectual, exploring his prolific output spanning decades within genres as diverse as history, philosophy, sociology, literary and cultural criticism, prose fiction, and reportage. The book also analyzes some of the flaws and contradictions that surfaced within James' writings as a consequence of the difficult circumstances in which he worked and lived as an itinerant migrant intellectual invariably involved with fringe political groups. Assessing James as a lifelong committed Marxist and humanist, the book argues that his core concern with racial, political, and cultural questions as central to human and social understanding led him to develop a distinctive critique of the modern world.

Author Biography

Brett St Louis is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has published widely on race and racism and is an editorial board member of Ethnic and Racial Studies and New Formations.

Table of Contents

IntroductionModern Epiphanies: C.L.R. James and the Reimagining of Modernity Chapter 1'They brought themselves': Modernity and the Emergence of the Black Jacobins Chapter 2'Elective Affinities' and the Intellectual Vocation: Race, Politics, and Poetics Chapter 3The Perilous 'Pleasures of Exile': Faith, Failed Gods, and the Diasporic Life Chapter 4Mapping Spontaneity: The Organic Unity of Self-Activity and Radical Struggles Chapter 5'Freedom is creative universality, not utility': Sociality and the Cultural Politics of Cricket Epilogue'The Struggle for Happiness': From Epiphany to Poiesis

Long Description

Rethinking Race, Politics, and Poetics offers a critical appraisal of C. L. R. James as a major 20th century activist-intellectual, exploring his prolific output spanning decades within genres as diverse as history, philosophy, sociology, literary and cultural criticism, prose fiction, and reportage. The book also analyzes some of the flaws and contradictions that surfaced within James? writings as a consequence of the difficult circumstances in which he worked and lived as an itinerant migrant intellectual invariably involved with fringe political groups. Assessing James as a lifelong committed Marxist and humanist, the book argues that his core concern with racial, political and cultural questions as central to human and social understanding led him to develop a distinctive critique of the modern world.

Details ISBN0415957729 Author Brett St Louis Short Title RETHINKING RACE POLITICS & POE Series Routledge Studies in Cultural History Language English ISBN-10 0415957729 ISBN-13 9780415957724 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number 07 Year 2007 Imprint Routledge Subtitle C.L.R. James' Critique of Modernity Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780415957724 AU Release Date 2007-10-25 NZ Release Date 2007-10-25 UK Release Date 2007-10-25 Pages 260 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2007-10-25 Alternative 9781138874695 DEWEY 818.5209 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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