C.L.R. James and the 21st Century Caribbean

Tennyson S. D. Joseph

• Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9789766409449
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Global Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Tennyson Joseph provides a comprehensive analysis of the relevance of C.L.R. James’s political thought to twenty-first-century Caribbean politics.  He clarifies, explains and justifies James's method, and applies his ideas to concrete political developments occurring in the twenty-first century Caribbean in its interconnection with the rest of the world.  The work offers a unique treatment of James in three distinctive ways: firstly, in its scope and specific focus on the application of the thought of James to the post-Soviet Union, post-Cold War era of Caribbean politics; secondly concerning discussing the possibilities for radical, anti-systemic possibilities in the Caribbean in the early twenty-first century; and thirdly, in the employment of James’s thought and method as an explanatory tool for understanding those contemporary issues.  The book brings the ideas of C.L.R. James to a new generation of Caribbean and global readers and is a useful resource to all students, teachers, and activists interested in Caribbean politics, political ideas, and radical political theory. 

Table of contents

• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Jamesian Method: Foundations and Applicability
• 3. C.L.R. James’s Socialist Thought and the 21st Century Caribbean
• 4. The Marriage of Socialism and Democracy: Towards a Jamesian Democracy for the 21st Century Caribbean
• 5. James, the “Race Question” and 21st Century Caribbean Politics
• 6. James and the 21st Century Caribbean: Application and Relevance
• References