Black Intellectuals

by Rutledge M. Dennis and Rachel Rutledge

This volume attempts to construct a theory of black intellectualism drawing on the areas of culture, politics, class and myth. Both mainstream and radical black intellectual thought are charted and defined with reference to the life and writings of Oliver Cox, C.L.R. James, W.E.B. Du Bois, Cornel West and James Baldwin. The dialectics of nationalism and internationalism are examined, along with the place of the black intellectual in the social, political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762302755
• ISBN13: 9780762302758
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"