C.L.R. JAMES' MARXIAN PARADIGM ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF CARIBBEAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE: A COMPARATIVE CRITIQUE
Abstract
The study proposed here attempts to provide a sociological analysis of the writings of a contemporary West Indian, C.L.R. James (1901- ), a novelist, historian, literary critic, Marxist political philosopher and Pan-African revolutionary. Our treatment of his writings is limited to those aspects of their content from which we are able to derive conceptual categories and modes of thinking that deal with substantive issues in two specific areas of social science.These areas are customarily situated within a range of problems and questions associated with (a) Caribbean Social Structure, and (b) Marxian Social Theory. The principal concerns are threefold; to identify the core-concepts of James' socio-political thought and the extent to which these are influenced by Marxism; to determine what, if any, are James' contributions to twentieth century Marxism, and to test the significance of James' thought in analyzing the character of Carib- bean social development in the contemporary era.
Subject Area
Social structure
Recommended Citation
GOMES, PATRICK IGNATIUS, "C.L.R. JAMES' MARXIAN PARADIGM ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF CARIBBEAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE: A COMPARATIVE CRITIQUE" (1980). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI8012785.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI8012785
