The revolution will not be theorized : cultural revolution in the black power era / Errol A. Henderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson, Errol Anthony, author.

Series:

SUNY series in African American studies

SUNY Series in African American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black Panther Party--History--20th century.

Black Panther Party.

Black power--United States--History--20th century.

Black power.

African American political activists.

History.

United States.

African American political activists--History--20th century.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Race relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 491 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]

Summary:

Studies the revolutionary theory of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s through ʼ70s, placing it within the broader social theory of black revolution in the United States since the nineteenth century. The study of the impact of Black Power Movement (BPM) activists and organizations in the 1960s through ʼ70s has largely been confined to their role as proponents of social change; but they were also theorists of the change they sought. In The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized Errol A. Henderson explains this theoretical contribution and places it within a broader social theory of black revolution in the United States dating back to nineteenth-century black intellectuals. These include black nationalists, feminists, and anti-imperialists; activists and artists of the Harlem Renaissance; and early Cold War-era black revolutionists. The book first elaborates W. E. B. Du Bois's thesis of the "General Strike" during the Civil War, Alain Locke's thesis relating black culture to political and economic change, Harold Cruse's work on black cultural revolution, and Malcolm X's advocacy of black cultural and political revolution in the United States. Henderson then critically examines BPM revolutionists' theorizing regarding cultural and political revolution and the relationship between them in order to realize their revolutionary objectives. Focused more on importing theory from third world contexts that were dramatically different from the United States, BPM revolutionists largely ignored the theoretical template for black revolution most salient to their case, which undermined their ability to theorize a successful black revolution in the United States. Errol A. Henderson is Associate Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of several books, including African Realism? International Relations Theory and Africa's Wars in the Postcolonial Era.

Contents:

Introduction: The revolution will not be theorized

Malcom X and the revolutionary turn in the Civil Rights Movement

Black nationalism: Civilization and reverse civilization

The general strike and the slave revolution of the U.S. Civil War

Cultural revolution and cultural evolution

Theorizing cultural revolution in the Black Power Era

RAM, us, the Black Panther Party

Republic of New Africa, League of Revolutionary Black Workers

CAP, shrine of the Black Madonna/Pan-African Orthodox Christian Church

Conclusion: Black revolutionary theory in the BPM.

Notes:

Open access edition available thanks to TOME (Toward and Open Monograph Ecosystem). DOI: 10.26209/eh19rwmbt

Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-472) and index.

ISBN:

9781438475431

1438475438

OCLC:

1096221010