Futures of Black Radicalism
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (590 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784787582 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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With racial justice struggles on the rise, a probing collection considers the past and future of Black radicalismBlack rebellion has returned, with dramatic protests in scores of cities and campuses, bringing with it a renewed engagement with the history of Black radical movements and thought. Phillips, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Angela Davis, and Robin D. Thomas, Avery Gordon, Shana L. Featuring the key voices in the new intellectual wave of Black radical thinking, this collection outlines one of the most vibrant areas of thought today.With contributions from Cedric Robinson, Elizabeth Robinson, Steven Osuna, Nikhil Pal Singh, Damien Sojoyner, Françoise Vergès, Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Jordan T. Kelley.. Redmond, Kwame M. Camp, Christina Heatherton, George Lipsitz, Greg Burris, Paul Ortiz, Darryl C. Here, key scholarly voices from a wide array of disciplines recalls the powerful tradition of Black radicalism as it developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries while defining new directions for Black radical thought.In a time when activists in Ferguson, Palestine, Baltimore, and Hong Kong immediately make connections between their movements, this book makes clear that new Black radical politics are thoroughly internationalist and redraws the links between Black resistance and anti-capitalism.
Futures of Black Radicalism examines causes and resolutions of these troubling challenges. To this end, this book is not just a gift; it is a necessity.” —Harry Belafonte. The need for radical thinking has never been more evident. In these bleak times, it is imperative to keep his legacy alive and build on his work and witness. “Cedric Robinson was a towering intellectual and courageous activist in the grand tradition of W.E.B Du Bois. This book meets this imperative in a powerful way!”—Cornel West, author of The Radical King “In America, issues of race, poverty, and injustice
Gaye Theresa Johnson is Associate Professor of Black and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA and author of Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement in Los Angeles. Alex Lubin is Professor and Chair of American Studies at the University of New Mexico and author of Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary and Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945–1954.