Main Currents In Caribbean Thought

Author : Gordon K. Lewis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 43,8 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
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:470206855

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New Currents in Caribbean Thought by Brian Meeks Pdf

Author : Brian Meeks,Folke Lindahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9766401039

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New Caribbean Thought by Brian Meeks,Folke Lindahl Pdf

The dawn of the twenty-first century is an opportune time for the people of the Caribbean to take stock of the entire experience of the past forty years since the ending of direct colonialism. The authors believe it is now time to chart our future by carefully learning the lessons of the recent past. This interdisciplinary collection is the first to cross traditionally restrictive disciplinary barriers to address the tough questions that face the Caribbean today. What went wrong with the nationalist project? What, if any, are the realistic options for a more prosperous Caribbean? What are to be the roles of race, gender and class in a more global, less national world? Meeks and Lindahl include thought-provoking articles from twenty-one respected thinkers in diverse fields of study. The groundbreaking articles include critiques of existing bodies of thought, reformulations of general theoretical approaches, policy-oriented alternatives for future development, and more. This book is a must for statesmen, academics and students of political theory, social theory, Caribbean studies, comparative gender studies, post-colonial studies, Marxism and Caribbean history and anyone interested

Author : Paget Henry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783489374

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Journeys in Caribbean Thought by Paget Henry Pdf

For the past 30 years, Paget Henry has been one of the most articulate and creative voices in Caribbean scholarship, making seminal contributions to the study of Caribbean political economy, C.L.R. James studies, critical theory, phenomenology, and Africana philosophy. In the case of Afro-Caribbean philosophy, he inaugurated a new philosophical school of inquiry. Journeys in Caribbean Thought: The Paget Henry Reader outlines the trajectory of Henry’s scholarly career, beginning and ending with his most recent work on the distinctive character of Africana and Caribbean philosophy and political and intellectual leadership in his home of Antigua and Barbuda. In between, the book returns to Henry’s early consideration of the relationship of political economy to cultural flourishing or stagnation and how both should be studied, and to the problem with which Henry began his career, of peripheral development through a focus on Caribbean political economy and democratic socialism. Henry’s canonical work in Anglo-Caribbean thought draws upon a heavily creolized canon.

Author : Gordon K. Lewis,Anthony P. Maingot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0822970279

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Cuban Studies 18 by Carmelo Mesa-Lago Pdf

Essays in volume 18 include discussions of Cuba's approach to the Latin American debt crisis, its two-century-old race problem and its impact on Cuba's relations with Africa, differences between urban and rural living conditions and development, and the recent housing situation in Cuba. Examinations of scholarly research include a survey of major historical works on Cuba ofver the past twenty-five years and an analysis of how the revolution has affected the scholar's craft and access to manuscripts and archives. The Debate section features comments on discussions in Cuban Studies 17 of sex and gender relations in today's Cuba, as well as the ongoing issue of Cuba's economic planning and management system.

Author : Christopher Schmidt-Nowara,John M. Nieto-Phillips
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0826336736

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Interpreting Spanish Colonialism by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara,John M. Nieto-Phillips Pdf

Scholars from Spain, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States discuss historical writings of the past and how our understanding of the colonial era has been influenced by the expectations of the day.

Author : Shane J. Pantin,Jerome Teelucksingh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319614182

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Ideology, Regionalism, and Society in Caribbean History by Shane J. Pantin,Jerome Teelucksingh Pdf

This volume collects new angles and perspectives on issues shaping the development of the Caribbean. Bringing together essays on regional integration, identity, and culture and focusing on foundational personalities and institutions in the region, this book opens up new lines of inquiry on twentieth-century Caribbean history. Essays examine popular perspectives of the West Indies Federation; the intersections of ideology and governance through key figures such as C. L. R. James and Rawson William Rawson; the socioeconomic context of Caribbean foodways; and Carnival as a tool of cultural diplomacy. Integration is a critical theme throughout. Pointing to the region’s rich cultural and historical heritage, this book explores how Caribbean unification may provide a way forward for this patchwork of island territories facing the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Author : Higman, B.W.,UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1905-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231033605

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General History of the Caribbean by Higman, B.W.,UNESCO Pdf

This volume looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region, depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The chapters discussing methodology are followed by studies of particular themes of historiography. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. The final section is a full and detailed bibliography serving not only as a guide to the volume but also as an invaluable reference for the General History of the Caribbcan as a whole.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349737765

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General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Volume 6 by NA NA Pdf

Volume6 looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The authors examine how the lingual diversity of the region has affected the historian's ability to coalesce an historical account. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. This volume concludes with a detailed bibliography that is comprehensive of the entire series.

Author : Violet Cuffy,Jane Carr
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031242755

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Creole Cultures, Vol. 1 by Violet Cuffy,Jane Carr Pdf

This edited collection considers the significance of Creole cultures within current, changing global contexts. With a particular focus on post-colonial Small Island Developing States, it brings together perspectives from academics, policy makers and practitioners including those based in Dominica, St Lucia, Seychelles and Mauritius. Together they provide a rich exploration of issues that arise in relation to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage that sustains Creole identities. Commencing with considerations of the UNESCO (2003) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), the collection then presents case studies from the Seychelles, Mauritius, St. Lucia and Dominica. These attest to the many and different ways through which Creole cultural practices remain significant to the lived experiences of Creole communities. These chapters exemplify how through activities such as storytelling, singing, dancing, making artworks and the alternative economic practice of koudmen, Creole peoples sustain cultural identities that draw strength from their traditions. Yet there is also recognition of the continual struggle to sustain Creole cultural practices in the face of global economic and political pressures and related uncertainties. This global economic landscape also has an impact upon how Creole cultures are presented to tourists and hence upon the ways in which cultural practices are supported.

Author : Faye Venetia Harrison
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Applied anthropology
ISBN : 9780252074905

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Outsider Within by Faye Venetia Harrison Pdf

Envisioning new directions for an inclusive anthropology

Author : Paget Henry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135958800

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Caliban's Reason by Paget Henry Pdf

Paget introduces the general reader to Afro-Caribbean philosophy in this ground-breaking work. Since Afro-Caribbean thought is inherently hybrid in nature, he traces the roots of this discourse in traditional African thought and in the Christian and Enlightenment traditions of Western Europe.

Author : Knight, Franklin W.,UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231031465

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General History of the Caribbean by Knight, Franklin W.,UNESCO Pdf

This volume (the first one published) begins with an overview of the slave trade. African slavers and the demography of the Caribbean up to 1750. Scholars go on to study the demographic and social structure of the Caribbean slave societies in the 18 and 19 centuries, their evolution and significance, the social and political control in the slave society and forms of resistance and religious beliefs, as well as Maroon communities in the circum-Caribbean. The phenomenon of pluralism and creolization is analysed. The volume closes with a study of the distintegration of the Caribbean slave systems.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349737703

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General History of the Carribean UNESCO Vol.3 by NA NA Pdf

Volume 3 looks at various aspects of slave societies in the region from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Throughout the tortuous history of the Caribbean, nothing exceeded in fundamental importance the twin experiences of slavery and the plantation system, the defining episodes of Caribbean social reality. Topics addressed include: European 'settler colonies,' the sugar revolutions, forms of resistance, the influence of creolization and religious beliefs, and the place of the Maroon communities. Knight also examines the internal and external forces that led to the eventual collapse of the Caribbean slave system.