Joshua Myers - Cedric Robinson

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2 Series Page Black Lives series Elvira Basevich, W. E. B. Du Bois Utz McKnight, Frances E. W. Harper Joshua Myers, Cedric Robinson

3 Title Page Cedric Robinson The Time of the Black Radical Tradition Joshua Myers polity

4 Copyright Copyright © Joshua Myers 2021 The right of Joshua Myers to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2021 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3793-8 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Names: Myers, Joshua (Joshua C.), author. Title: Cedric Robinson : the time of the Black radical tradition / Joshua Myers. Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021. | Series: Black lives | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The first account of the radical thought and life of the great Marxist critic of racial capitalism”-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2021002734 (print) | LCCN 2021002735 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509537914 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509537921 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509537938 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Robinson, Cedric J. | Communists--Biography. | African American communists--Biography. Classification: LCC HX84.R576 M94 2021 (print) | LCC HX84.R576 (ebook) | DDC 335.4092 [B]--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021002734 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021002735 The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

5 Acknowledgments

6 Introduction: Cedric’s Time Notes

7 1 All Around Him I can die, but I won’t work Responsibilities of a community Notes

8 2 The Town and Gown It is something to be Black He said such wise things You both make a truth Black dignity could be achieved A tremendous effect to be in Africa When you introduced me to the Crawfords Notes

9 3 Authority and Order I can fight with my own tools Elizabeth He made the correct choice Realizing ourselves Notes

10 4 Beyond Racial Capitalism We must in fact be different He never had to be We are strangers None was immune Notes

11 5 The Making of the Black Radical Tradition Mosquitoes Unhappy legacies We will be Black Truer genius Choose wisely Notes

12 6 Culture and War They knew that he was authentic Info-tech wars Toward fascism? A vision of the future The closed text has been ruptured Notes

13 Conclusion: I Am You The appropriation of Cedric Robinson Notes

14 Index

15 End User License Agreement

1 Cover

2 Table of Contents

3 Series Page

4 Title Page

5 Copyright

6 Acknowledgements

7 Introduction: Cedric’s Time

8 Begin Reading

9 Conclusion: I Am You

10 Index

11 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 1 Figure 1.1Cedric Robinson with Winston Whiteside

2 Chapter 2 Figure 2.1Cedric Robinson in Southern Rhodesia, 1962 Figure 2.2Cedric Robinson (center) dancing in a Kalanga village, 1962

3 Chapter 3 Figure 3.1Cedric and Elizabeth Robinson at their wedding, 1967

4 Chapter 4 Figure 4.1Cedric Robinson with his daughter, Najda

5 Chapter 5 Figure 5.1Cedric Robinson in Nicaragua, 1988

6 Conclusion Figure 7.1Cedric Robinson at the Radical Thought Conference, 2004

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