Caliban's Freedom: The Early Political Thought of C.L.R. James

C.L.R. James (1901-1989) is one the few political thinkers whose ideas have made a genuinely significant contribution to the development of emancipatory ideas in the twentieth century. In this volume, Anthony Bogues examines the origins of the relationship between the black radical tradition and James's own view of Marxism. Integrating these two political currents provided the basis for a profound critique that became the hallmark of James's life's work. Anthony Bogues traces the main features of James's early political thought, up to his deportation from the United States in the early 1950s, arguing that his work represents a major attempt in the immediate post-war period to establish new frontiers in Marxism and radical political thought in general. This illuminating and scholarly study reinforces James's position as a political theorist of major standing.

Author: Anthony Bogues
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 02/20/1997
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.27w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780745306148

About the Author
Anthony Bogues teaches political theory at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. He is currently a Research Associate Fellow at the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University in Washington, DC.

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