Gordon K Lewis On Race Class And Ideology In The Caribbean

Author : Gordon K. Lewis,Anthony P. Maingot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 9766374600

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Gordon K. Lewis on Race, Class and Ideology in the Caribbean by Gordon K. Lewis,Anthony P. Maingot Pdf

"Gordon K. Lewis, a Welshman by birth, a Caribbean man by choice, articulated the Caribbean s history, politics and intellectual development across the region s national and linguistic differences. Through his major books Puerto Rico: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean (1963), The Growth of the Modern West Indies (1968), and Main Currents in Caribbean Thought: The Historical Evaluation of the Caribbean Society in its Ideological Aspects (1983), Lewis presented and inclusive analysis of the Caribbean as a whole. What today we call integration and interdisciplinary, Gordon Lewis, a political scientist, practised as a true specialist of Caribbean Studies. Before his death in 1991, he had commenced his final work The Modern Caribbean: A New Voyage of Discovery to have been published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Nearly 20 years later, under the editorial direction of friend and colleague Anthony P. Maingot, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Florida International University, the breadth and depth of Gordon Lewis s scholarship and skill as a social scientist are presented for a new generation of Caribbean Scholars. In Gordon K. Lewis on Race, Class and Ideology in the Caribbean, readers are offered a cohesive collection of Lewis s classical pieces revisited, with previously unpublished material from the last manuscript. A must for every Caribbean scholar, this book will inspire a study of the Caribbean beyond national boundaries. "

Author : Gordon K. Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 9766376875

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Gordon K. Lewis on Race, Class, and Ideology in the Caribbean by Gordon K. Lewis Pdf

Author : Gordon K. Lewis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803280297

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Main Currents in Caribbean Thought by Gordon K. Lewis Pdf

Main Currents in Caribbean Thought probes deeply into the multicultural origins of Caribbean society, defining and tracing the evolution of the distinctive ideology that has arisen from the region’s unique historical mixture of peoples and beliefs. Among the topics that noted scholar Gordon K. Lewis covers are the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century beginnings of Caribbean thought, pro- and antislavery ideologies, the growth of Antillean nationalist and anticolonialist thought during the nineteenth century, and the development of the region’s characteristic secret religious cults from imported religions and European thought. Since its original publication in 1983, Main Currents in Caribbean Thought has remained one of the most ambitious works to date by a leader in modern Caribbean scholarship. By looking into the “Caribbean mind,” Lewis shows how European, African, and Asian ideas became creolized and Americanized, creating an entirely new ideology that continues to shape Caribbean thought and society today.

Author : Brian Meeks,Jermaine McCalpin
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9766378630

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Caribbean Reasonings: Freedom, Power and Sovereignty - The Thought of Gordon K. Lewis by Brian Meeks,Jermaine McCalpin Pdf

For seven consecutive years, the Centre for Caribbean Thought at the University of the West Indies, Mona hosted a series of 'Caribbean Reasonings' - conferences honouring outstanding Caribbean intellectuals. The C.K. Lewis conference was the final in the series; and though Lewis was neither a Caribbean man by birth nor heritage, he was so by choice and was without a doubt, a leading voice in Caribbean political science. From his arrival in Puerto Rico in the 1950s, until his death in the early 1990s, Lewis, through his numerous publications, established himself as a Caribbean thinker. In this volume, the contributors pay homage to Lewis's remarkable work embodied in his four most influential publications on the Caribbean - Puerto Rico: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean, The Growth of the Modern West Indies, Main Currents in Caribbean Thought and Grenada: The Jewel Despoiled. The breath of Lewis's scholarship is revealed in the ten chapters covering his work on the Caribbean. From concepts of sovereignty and regional integration, to the nature of democracy in the contemporary Caribbean, the influence of Mrican thought and the Mrican Diaspora on the development of a Caribbean intellectual tradition, the influence of theology and the pursuit of a democratic socialism for the Caribbean, C.K. Lewis's work is analysed, admired and critiqued by the contributors.

Author : Gordon K. Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173018497504

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The Contemporary Caribbean by Gordon K. Lewis Pdf

Author : Jan Knippers Black
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429974694

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Latin America by Jan Knippers Black Pdf

Now in a fifth edition, Latin America has been updated to reflect the region's growing optimism as economies stabilize, trade diversifies, and political systems become more participatory. This multidisciplinary survey of Latin American history, politics, and society features invited contributions from authorities in a variety of fields. New sections address current events including deforestation in Costa Rica and Brazil, emerging social movements, Ecuador's new constitution, and Obama's stated objectives to repair U.S. relations with the region. In addition, key topics (such as women and Latin American politics, socialist governments and anti-American sentiment, Argentina's deteriorating economy, and Colombia's struggle with military and narcotics issues) receive expanded and revitalized treatment. Other updated material covers outcomes of recent elections in Bolivia, Brazil, and Nicaragua, among others. Through a hybrid thematic and regional organization, this text provides an essential foundation for introductory courses on Latin America.

Author : Anthony P. Maingot
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813055480

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Race, Ideology, and the Decline of Caribbean Marxism by Anthony P. Maingot Pdf

Most studies view the Caribbean as disparate countries prone to revolution and ripe for rebellion. In a refreshing departure from the norm, Anthony Maingot, using historical and contemporary examples, explains that the region is actually populated by resilient, adaptable societies that combine both modern and conservative elements. Despite the Caribbean’s diverse languages, nationalities, racial differences, ideologies, microhistories, and political systems, it is defined by a similarity of challenges faced in the postcolonial-era challenges. Maingot examines the contemporary intellectual, social, economic, and cultural trajectories of Caribbean nations and locates the common conservative thread in its many revolutions and transitions. He concludes that this prevailing tendency deserves better acknowledgment, by which the Caribbean can chart possible productive paths that have not yet been considered, especially with regard to combating increased corruption. By focusing on changes since the 1990s, this ambitious volume, by one of the preeminent scholars in Caribbean studies, helps define the future course of investigations in this complex region.

Author : Perry Mars
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814338513

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Ideology and Change by Perry Mars Pdf

Leftist political movements, organizations, and trends in the English-speaking Caribbean.

Author : Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826504142

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In the Shadow of Powers by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith Pdf

Out of a slave rebellion, Haiti was forged as an independent nation. This fact, in and of itself, should have been enough to perpetuate an image of Haitians as strong and agentive people. But leaders of countries on both sides of the Atlantic felt threatened by Haiti's beginnings and were intent on sapping it of resources. More than a century of various restrictions on trade, the imposition of crippling fines, and, eventually, a US occupation followed. Yet even as they suffered economically under these penalties, Haitians persisted, some of them becoming influential actors in the world of global politics. Throughout much of the twentieth century and even to this day, there has been a dearth of scholarship on the intellectual and political contributions of Haitians. In the Shadow of Powers, first published in 1985, was a corrective to this oversight and remains a foundational text. Bellegarde-Smith traces the history of Haiti through the life and career of his grandfather Dantès Bellegarde, one of Haiti's influential diplomats and preeminent thinkers. As Brandon R. Byrd describes in his foreword to this new edition, "Bellegarde was driven by a subversive, racially inclusive vision of civilized progress. He believed in and continued to push for Haiti to establish an existence for itself, black people, and the colonized world independent of the considerable shadow cast by the world's military, economic, and industrial powers." Scholars and students who want to learn about the intellectual and political foundations of Haiti, its influence on other intellectuals worldwide, and its struggles against imperialism continue to find this to be an invaluable classic.

Author : Brian L. Moore
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000857733

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Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society by Brian L. Moore Pdf

Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society (1987) studies Guyanese society after slavery and specifically examines the area of social classes and ethnic groups. It also focuses on the theoretical issues in the debate on pluralism versus stratification and provides a detailed interdisciplinary analysis of the process of structural change in a composite colonial society over a significantly long historical period – over half a century.

Author : Arnold Gibbons
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761854142

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The Legacy of Walter Rodney in Guyana and the Caribbean by Arnold Gibbons Pdf

Walter Rodney claimed developing countries were heirs to uneven development and ethnic disequilibrium, including continued forms of oppression from the capitalist countries and their own leaders. In Guyana, ethnic chauvinism persisted before and after independence from Britain. Rodney was disturbed by the inability of intellectuals to share common cause with the masses, thus ensuring that they would be unable to contribute to uplifting their talents or participate in the growth of the nation. Guyana and the Caribbean were subject to sugar and slave traffic that constituted cheap labor for the plantations and buttressed the capitalist-industrial system. A significant byproduct of that system was the master-slave relationship; a no-less iniquitous consequence was an active racism. Thus, social inequality became the heritage of Guyanese and Caribbean history. These social evils have influenced all of the social, economic, and political institutions in Guyana. Race, class, and color became the determinants of social value and how the various racial groups responded to them is both the triumph and the tragedy of Guyanese nationalism. Rodney belongs in that pantheon of philosophers whose names adorn the history of the Caribbean and elsewhere. He has sought to lift the Caribbean people from the victimization of history and the poverty of material circumstance.

Author : Jerome Teelucksingh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349948666

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Ideology, Politics, and Radicalism of the Afro-Caribbean by Jerome Teelucksingh Pdf

Afro-Caribbean personalities coupled with trade unions and organizations provided the ideology and leadership to empower the working class and also hastened the end of colonialism in the Anglophone Caribbean.

Author : Frank Rosengarten
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781604733068

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Urbane Revolutionary by Frank Rosengarten Pdf

In Urbane Revolutionary: C. L. R. James and the Struggle for a New Society, Frank Rosengarten traces the intellectual and political development of C. L. R. James (1901-1989), one of the most significant Caribbean intellectuals of the twentieth century. In his political and philo-sophical commentary, his histories, drama, letters, memoir, and fiction, James broke new ground dealing with the fundamental issues of his age-colonialism and postcolo-nialism, Soviet socialism and wes-tern neo-liberal capitalism, and the uses of race, class, and gender as tools for analysis. The author examines in depth three facets of James\'s work: his interpretation and use of Marxist, Trotskyist, and Leninist concepts; his approach to Caribbean and African struggles for independence in the 1950s and 1960s; and his branching into prose fiction, dra-ma, and literary criticism. Rosen-garten analyzes James\'s previously underexplored relationships with women and with the women\'s liberation movement. The study also scrutinizes James\'s methods of research and writing. Rosengarten explores James\'s provocative and influential concepts regarding black liberation in the Caribbean, Africa, the United States, and Great Britain and James\'s varying responses to revolutionary movements. With its extensive use of unpublished letters, private correspondence, papers, books, and other documents, Urbane Revolutionary provides fresh insights into the work of one of the twentieth century\'s most important intellectuals and activists. Frank Rosengarten is professor emeritus of Italian and compa-rative literature at the City University of New York. He is the author of The Writings of the Young Marcel Proust (1885-1900): An Ideological Critique and The Italian Anti-Fascist Press, 1919-1945.

Author : Gordon K. Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173018498460

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The Making of a Caribbeanist by Gordon K. Lewis Pdf

Author : Gordon K. Lewis
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9789766371715

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The Growth of the Modern West Indies by Gordon K. Lewis Pdf

Provides an in-depth analysis of the forces that contributed to the shaping of the West Indian society covering the the crucial inter-war years from the 1920s to the period of the 1960s.