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CLR James's Notes on Dialectics
Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism?
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2004
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John H. McClendon III's CLR James's Notes on Dialectics: Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism? is the first-ever book devoted exclusively to James's 'magnum opus,' Notes on Dialectics: Hegel-Marx-Lenin. The seed for this study was planted over thirty years ago when James handed the author his personal copy of Notes. James's contribution to dialectical philosophy and his vast intellectual and scholarly output is rivalled only by the seemingly bottomless depths of McClendon's own analysis and erudition. McClendon provides a thorough-going critique of James's exploration into the dialectic of Hegel, Marx, and Lenin while challenging all the seminal texts on James's Notes'. A book of this magnitude is rare. This is ever more the truth when it is focused on a giant like James who stands at the nexus of so many disciplines: philosophy, history, sociology, Caribbean studies, cultural studies, African, and African American studies. CLR James's Notes on Dialectics: Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism? is a must read for anyone concerned with how revolutionary theory is a guide to contemporary struggles.
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Copyright year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-0925-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5311-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
427
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 Reminiscences of the James Legacy No access Pages 1 - 40
Chapter 2 Political Context and Philosophical Locus: The Trotskyite/Stalinist Polemic No access Pages 41 - 76
Chapter 3 James on Understanding and Reason: Kant, Hegel, and German Idealism No access Pages 77 - 128
Chapter 4 Hegel's Idealism: Marxist Materialist Reading and Inversion No access Pages 129 - 180
Chapter 5 James's Locus as Marxist Philosopher: The Humanist/Anti-Humanist Debate No access Pages 181 - 238
Chapter 6 Comparing Notes: James and Lenin on Hegel and Dialectical Materialism No access Pages 239 - 286
Chapter 7 Lenin's Theory of the Vanguard Party: Contra James's Self-Activity of the Proletariat No access Pages 287 - 338
Afterword Beyond the Boundary of the Johnson-Forest Tendency No access Pages 339 - 396
