Black Heretics, Black Prophets: Radical Political Intellectuals / Edition 1

by Anthony Bogues

Overview

First published in 2003. This pioneering new book surveys the political thought of a selection of influential black thinkers in provocative exploration of the black radical tradition as it has evolved in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States. Each chapter focuses on key figures or social movement including the slave Cugoano, the American anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, C.L.R. James, W.E.B Du Bois, former leader of the anti-colonial movement in Tanzania Julius Nyerere, Walter Rodney, the political philosophy of Rastafari, and the activist-musician Bob Marley. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of radical black thought and the development of an activist political tradition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415943246
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/04/2003
Series:	Africana Thought
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Opening Chant; Part 1 The Heretics; Chapter 1 The Political Thought of Quobna Cugoano; Chapter 2 The Radical Praxis of Ida B. Wells-Barnett; Chapter 3 C. L. R. James and W. E. B. Du Bois; Chapter 4 Julius Nyerere; Chapter 5 Walter Rodney; Part 2 The Prophets; Chapter 6 Rastafari; Chapter 7 Get Up, Stand Up; oth2 Closing Chant;

Editorial Reviews

"[a] rare theorist who has spent as much time and energy on the political ground as in the academy...theoretically sophisticated, remarkably insightful, passionate and inspiring...This is a book for our time." — Linda Alcoff, SUNY Stony Brook and Syracuse University

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