Black radical tradition
The Black radical tradition[1] is a philosophical tradition and political ideology with roots in 20th century North America. It is a "collection of cultural, intellectual, action-oriented labor aimed at disrupting social, political, economic, and cultural norms originating in anti-colonial and antislavery efforts."[2] It was first popularised by Cedric Robinson's book Black Marxism.[3]
Influential concepts from the Black radical tradition include
Prominent figures and movements associated with the Black radical tradition include W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, the Black Panther Party, Angela Davis, the civil rights movement, Black feminism, Afrocentrism, and contemporary movements like Black Lives Matter. A prominent Black Radical journal is Race & Class.[7]
Thinkers
- Gargi Bhattacharyya[8]
- Amílcar Cabral[9]
- Oliver Cox
- Angela Davis[10]
- Aria Dean[11]
- W. E. B. Du Bois[12]
- Frantz Fanon[13]
- Ruth Wilson Gilmore[14]
- Paul Gilroy[15]
- Lewis Gordon[16]
- Stuart Hall[17]
- Gerald Horne[18]
- George Jackson[19]
- C. L. R. James[20]
- Robin Kelley[21]
- Audre Lorde[22]
- Katherine McKittrick[23]
- Achille Mbembe[24]
- Mao Zedong[25]
- John Narayan[26]
- Huey P. Newton[27]
- Luke De Noronha.[28]
- Cedric Robinson[29]
- Walter Rodney[30]
- Ambalavaner Sivanandan[31]
- Barbara Smith[32]
- Kwame Ture[33]
- Cornel West[34]
- Eric Williams[35]
- Sylvia Wynter[36]
- Malcolm X[37]
See also
- 21st-century communist theorists
- Autonomism
- Critical race theory
- Combahee River Collective
- Coloniality of power
- Decoloniality
- Neo-Marxism
- New Communist movement
- Post-Marxism
- Postcolonialism
- Prison abolition movement
- Socialism of the 21st century
References
- ^ "What Is This Black in the Black Radical Tradition?". Verso. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ ""The Black Radical Tradition of Resistance" | U-M LSA National Center for Institutional Diversity". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ Winterhalter, Elizabeth (2021-11-11). "Cedric Robinson and the Black Radical Tradition". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- S2CID 224890460, retrieved 2023-04-19
- ISSN 2514-8486.
- ISSN 1465-4466.
- ^ "Race & Class". Institute of Race Relations. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Rethinking Racial Capitalism". blackwells.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ Resistance and Decolonization.
- ^ "Angela Davis: An Interview on the Futures of Black Radicalism". Verso. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ "Notes on Blacceleration - Journal #87". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- S2CID 150870410.
- ^ Africana Critical Theory: Reconstructing The Black Radical Tradition, From W. E. B. Du Bois and C. L. R. James to Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral.
- ^ "Oct. 8: Ruth Wilson Gilmore to speak". UDaily. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ ""The People Who Keep on Going": A Futures of Black Radicalism Listenin". Verso. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ "Fear of Black Consciousness: Lewis Gordon Interview | Philosophy Break". philosophybreak.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "230312 Exploring the Black Radical Tradition". Bishopsgate Institute. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- JSTOR 27150917.
- ^ Berger, Dan. "'From Dachau with Love': George Jackson, Black Radical Memory, and the Transnational Political Vision of Prison Abolition". In Chase, Robert T. (ed.). Caging Borders and Carceral States: Incarcerations, Immigration Detentions, and Resistance. pp. 355–384. Retrieved 2023-04-19 – via academic.oup.com.
- JSTOR 40240940.
- ^ Kelley, Robin (2021). "Why Black Marxism, Why Now?". Boston Review.
- JSTOR 42978673.
- ^ "Black Radical Tradition Group". 3 October 2021.
- ^ Mbembe, Achille. Critique of Black Reason.
- S2CID 143732016.
- S2CID 150411821.
- ^ "Black Radical Tradition". Aaron Benanav. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ "Empire's Endgame". Pluto Press. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- .
- ^ "Decolonial Marxism". Verso. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- S2CID 146747065.
- ^ Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (20 July 2020). "Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will be Free". The New Yorker.
- ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- .
- ^ "SO4C2 Racial Capitalism".
- JSTOR 23019781.
- S2CID 145478798.