{"product_id":"you-dont-play-with-revolution-the-montreal-lectures-of-c-l-r-james-paperback","title":"You Don't Play with Revolution: The Montréal Lectures of C.L.R. James - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. L. R. James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Austin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Don't Play With Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e collects seven never-before-published lectures by Marxist cultural critic C.L.R. James, delivered during his stay in Montr al in 1967-1968. Ranging in topic from Marx and Lenin to Shakespeare and Rousseau to Caribbean history and the Haitian Revolution, these lectures demonstrate the staggering breadth and clarity of James' knowledge and interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle information exists in print on the critical period James spent working with West Indian intellectuals and students in Canada in the late 1960s; this collection highlights the themes we have come to associate with James' critical project and situates them in a new light. Readers just beginning to delve into James' work will find this collection accessible and engaging, an ideal introduction to a complex and multi-faceted body of scholarship. Editor David Austin has also included two seminal interviews produced with James during his stay in Canada, and a series of letters James exchanged with the West Indian university students who made these lectures possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Don't Play With Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e also includes an introduction by Robert A. Hill, co-founder of the C.L.R. James Study Circle and historical advisor to the new James archive at Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC.L.R. James\u003c\/b\u003e (1901-1989) was born in Trinidad and was a prominent anti-colonial scholar and cultural critic throughout his life. With Grace Lee and Raya Dunayevskaya, he helped define and popularize the autonomist Marxist tradition in the United States and Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Austin\u003c\/b\u003e is founder and trustee of the Alfie Roberts Institute, an independent research institute based in Montr al.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eC.L.R. James (1901-1989) was a Trinidadian cultural critic and scholar who helped to define and popularize the autonomist Marxist tradition in the United States and Canada. He is the author of numerous works of anti-colonial and political theory, including Facing Reality; Mariners, Renegades \u0026amp; Castaways; State Capitalism and World Revolution; and Black Jacobins. David Austin is founder and trustee of the Alfie Roberts Institute, an independent research, educational, and community development organization based in Montréal, and the editor of A View for Freedom: Alfie Roberts Speaks on the Caribbean, Cricket, Montréal, and C.L.R. James. His work has appeared in the South African, North American and Algerian media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760152772896,"sku":"9781904859932","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d23d7bcc664c70cf194df5001a2d0156.webp?v=1780172940","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/you-dont-play-with-revolution-the-montreal-lectures-of-c-l-r-james-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}