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Joshua Myers, "Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition" (Polity, 2021)
Joshua Myers, "Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition" (Polity, 2021)
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162 minutes
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Mar 9, 2022
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Cedric Robinson – political theorist, historian and activist – was one of the greatest black radical thinkers of the twentieth century, whose work resonates deeply with contemporary movements such as Black Lives Matter. In Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition (Polity Press, 2021), the first major book to tell the story of Cedric Robinson, Joshua Myers shows how Robinson's work interrogated the foundations of Western political thought, modern capitalism, and the changing meanings of race. Tracing the course of Robinson's journey from his early days as an agitator in the 60s against the US's reactionary foreign policy to his publication of such seminal works within Black Studies as Black Marxism, Myers frames Robinson's mission as one that aimed to understand and practice resistance to "the terms of order." In so doing, Robinson excavated the Black radical tradition as a form of resistance that imagined that life on wholly different terms was possible. As the USA enters the 20s, the need to continue that resistance is as clear as ever, and Robinson's contribution only gains in importance. This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to learn more about it.
Adam McNeil is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
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Adam McNeil is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
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Released:
Mar 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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