Race, Ideology, and the Decline of Caribbean Marxism [electronic resource] /
Maingot, Anthony P.,author.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
[2015]
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 movements of the past, this manuscript helps define the future course of studies in the field with regard to an empirically-valid, coherent assessment of a complex region.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 movements of the past, this manuscript helps define the future course of studies in the field with regard to an empirically-valid, coherent assessment of a complex region.
Description based on print version record.
Black people
Race relations.
Socialism
Communism
Philosophy, Marxist