From Matthew Bondman to Toussaint Louverture: a window to The Black Jacobins by C. L. R. James

Authors

  • Erik Wellington Barbosa Borda Universidad Estadual de Campinas
Download

Abstract

This text argues, based on review of studies concerning the Trinidadian author C. L. R. James, that James’ reflections on Matthew Bondman in Beyond a Boundary sums many author’s long lasting intellectual concerns and positions. This condensation is taken here as not only an epistemology particular to his writings, but also as a key to interpret James’ intellectual interventions. As a development of this standpoint, it is offered a reading of The Black Jacobins based on four displacements that were identified in this work.

Keywords:

C. L. R. James, The Black Jacobins, Caribbean, Post-colonial, Pan-africanism