Race, Ideology, and the Decline of Caribbean Marxism /

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In this book, Anthony Maingot examines the contemporary intellectual, social, economic, and cultural trajectories of Caribbean nations in light of the challenges the region as a whole has faced in the postcolonial era. By focusing on changes since the 1990s in the context of intellectual roots and m...

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Main Author: Maingot, Anthony P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Socialism.
Social conditions.
Race relations.
Philosophy, Marxist.
Communism.
Black people.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Communism & Socialism.
Relations raciales.
Philosophie marxiste > Caraïbes (Region)
Black people > Caribbean Area > History.
Socialism > Caribbean Area.
Communism > Caribbean Area.
Philosophy, Marxist > Caribbean Area.
Caribbean Area.
Caraïbes (Region) > Histoire.
Caraïbes (Region) > Conditions sociales.
Caraïbes (Region) > Relations raciales.
Caribbean Area > History.
Caribbean Area > Social conditions.
Caribbean Area > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: the modern-conservative society framework
  • Eric Williams vs. Juan Bosch: on Caribbean historical fundamentals
  • Eric Williams vs. Frank Tannenbaum: on slave laws, slavery systems, and subsequent race relations
  • Arturo Morales Carrión vs. Gordon K. Lewis: on United States colonialism in Puerto Rico
  • Haiti: the origins of the Caribbean's "terrified consciousness" about race
  • Haitian realities and scholarly myths: a counterintuitive analysis
  • Two popular theories of Caribbean ideology and race relations: Frantz Fanon's theory of liberating violence and the theory of plantation societies
  • C.L.R. James, George Padmore, and the myth of the revolutionary Caribbean
  • What type of socialism? Marxists and social democrats vie for leadership
  • The failure of socialism and "militarism" in Grenada, 1979-83
  • Transcending race: self-interest and self-determination in the non-independent territories
  • Barbados: tradition and modernity in a model small state
  • Cuba, the last holdout: "organic" intellectuals defend the revolution by abandoning Marxist-Leninism
  • Conclusion: confronting the perilous threats of organized crime and energy dependence.

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