Futures of Black Radicalism - by Gaye Theresa Johnson & Alex Lubin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"With racial justice struggles on the rise, a probing collection considers the past and future of Black radicalism. Black 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. 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. 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, FranCoise Verges, Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Jordan T. Camp, Christina Heatherton, George Lipsitz, Greg Burris, Paul Ortiz, Darryl C. Thomas, Thulani Davis, Avery Gordon, Shana L. Redmond, Kwame M. Phillips, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Angela Davis, and Robin D.G. Kelley"--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>With racial justice struggles on the rise, a probing collection considers the past and future of Black radicalism</b><br><p>Black rebellion has returned. Dramatic protests have risen up in scores of cities and campuses; there is renewed engagement with the history of Black radical movements and thought. Here, key intellectuals--inspired by the new movements and by the seminal work of the scholar Cedric J. Robinson--recall the powerful tradition of Black radicalism while defining new directions for the activists and thinkers it inspires. <p/> In a time when activists in Ferguson, Palestine, Baltimore, and Hong Kong immediately connect across vast distances, this book makes clear that new Black radical politics is thoroughly internationalist and redraws the links between Black resistance and anti-capitalism. Featuring the key voices in this new intellectual wave, this collection outlines one of the most vibrant areas of thought today. <p/> With contributions from Greg Burris, Jordan T. Camp, Angela Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Avery F. Gordon, Stefano Harney, Christina Heatherton, Robin D.G. Kelley, George Lipsitz, Fred Moten, Paul Ortiz, Steven Osuna, Kwame M. Phillips, Shana L. Redmond, Cedric J. Robinson, Elizabeth P. Robinson, Nikhil Pal Singh, Damien M. Sojoyner, Darryl C. Thomas, and Françoise Vergès.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Cedric Robinson was a towering intellectual and courageous activist in the grand tradition of W.E.B Du Bois. In these bleak times, it is imperative to keep his legacy alive and build on his work and witness. This book meets this imperative in a powerful way!"<br><b>--Cornel West, author of <i>The Radical King</i></b> <p/> "In America, issues of race, poverty, and injustice haunt our nation. <i>Futures of Black Radicalism</i> examines causes and resolutions of these troubling challenges. The need for radical thinking has never been more evident. To this end, this book is not just a gift; it is a necessity." <br><b>--Harry Belafonte</b> <p/>"An astonishing gathering of essays and interviews featuring leading and emerging radical intellectuals."<br><b> --David Roediger, author of <i>Class, Race, and Marxism<br></i></b><br>"What stands out about this book is the richness of intellectual discourse within its pages. A variety of historians, sociologists, and other scholars all tackle a central question: what, precisely, does the Black Radical Tradition say about life in the twenty-first century?"<br><b>--Robert Greene III, <i>Society for US Intellectual History Blog</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Gaye Theresa Johnson</b> is Associate Professor of Black and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA and author of <i>Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement</i> in Los Angeles. <p/><b>Alex Lubin</b> is Professor and Chair of American Studies at the University of New Mexico and author of <i>Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary</i> and <i>Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954</i>.
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