Back to Black : retelling Black radicalism for the 21st century / Kehinde Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, Kehinde, author.

Series:

Blackness in Britain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Political activity--Great Britain.

Black people.

Black nationalism--Great Britain.

Black nationalism.

Black people--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Protest movements.

Black people--Race identity.

Black people--Political activity.

Great Britain.

Social conditions.

Black people--Race identity--Great Britain.

Radicalism--Great Britain.

Radicalism.

Protest movements--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Race relations.

Race relations.

Black people--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 330 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Zed Books, 2018.

Summary:

Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism, the Black radical tradition has a long and proud history, one which reaches from Marcus Garvey and the Black Panthers to the Black Lives Matter activists of today. And yet, the Black radical tradition has also consistently been one of the most misrepresented and misunderstood. The Politics of Black Radicalism explores the roots of this tradition, while also considering what a renewed politics of Black radicalism might look like in the 21st century. Surveying Black radicalism's many varied forms and influences, and incorporating feminist and LGBT perspectives, Andrews shows that Black radicalism has too often been misconstrued as a narrow form of cultural nationalism, an attitude which overlooks its fundamentally global and inclusive character. Black radicalism's legacy outside the US has been particularly neglected, and Andrews's work is distinctive in offering an analysis of this legacy within British, African and Caribbean contexts. Extending his analysis to the present day, Andrews argues that progress towards racial equality has stalled, as the radical tradition has given way to more moderate demands for reform.0Now more than ever, it is time for us to reclaim the Black radical tradition, and to resume its global struggle for justice and equality.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Prologue: Reclaiming Radicalism

1. Narrow Nationalism

The nation within a nation

A nation outside the nation

Colonial nationalism

2. Pan-Africanism

Colonial nation state

Pan-Africanism as neo-colonialism

3. Black is a Country

Empires not nations

Ghetto as an internal colony

Redefining sovereignty

Garveyism

Revolutionary Black Nationalism

4. Cultural Nationalism

We are a broken people

Cultural 'revolution'

Civic religion

Cultural nation within a nation

Black or African

5. Blackness

Black radicalism is anti-misogynoir

Blackness is not race

Blackness is a political essentialism

6. Black Marxism

The Negro question

Psychosis of Whiteness

African socialism

Black Panther Party for Self-Defense

7. Liberal Radicalism

Symptom-free racism

Flight is not freedom

Misuse of 'revolution'

Limits of Critical Race Theory

8. Black Survival

Separateness is not a problem

Separation to independence

Survival

Epilogue: It's Already Too Late

Liberty or death

Thinking Black at the intersection

Beyond repair

Blueprint for Black radicalism

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-326) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781786992789

1786992787

OCLC:

1038006618