Polemics of C. L. R. James and Contemporary Black Activism

Name: Polemics of C. L. R. James and Contemporary Black Activism
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ISBN: 9783319475486

ISBN-10: 3319475487

ISBN-13: 9783319475486

Edition: 2017

Authors: Ornette D. Clennon

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This book draws on case examples of contemporary black activism in South Manchester and contrasts them with events that surrounded C.L.R. James and his activism between 1935 and 1950. In doing so, the author considers what Brexit, the Labour Party and Theresa May's audit on racism in the UK have in common with the wartime decline of the British Empire, the rise and fall of the trade unions and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Clennon dialogues with James' theoretical frameworks around capitalism, neoliberalism and post-colonialism, and uses this creative interplay of ideas to help make sense of contemporary events and issues of social justice from a UK ethnic minority perspective. Using…

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List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2017
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 12/3/2016
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 129
Language: English