Freedom Dreams (Twentieth Anniversary)

The Black Radical Imagination

Freedom Dreams (Twentieth Anniversary)
Robin D G Kelley
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Paperback
h216 x 140mm - 280pg
23 Aug 2022 US
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9780807007037
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Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century. Focusing on the visions of activists from C. L. R. James to Aime Cesaire and Malcolm X, Kelley writes of the hope that Communism offered, the mindscapes of Surrealism, the transformative potential of radical feminism, and of the four-hundred-year-old dream of reparations for slavery and Jim Crow. From' the preeminent historian of black popular culture' (Cornel West), an inspiring work on the power of imagination to transform society.
"Based on Kelley' s belief that to make a better world we must first imagine it, this brilliantly conceived and written book recounts the accomplishments of Black activists and thinkers over the past century who have been committed to remaking the world. " -Library Journal "Few books have had a more profound impact on me as a thinker and as a human being than Freedom Dreams. " -Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of How to Be an Antiracist "Robin D. G. Kelley produces histories of Black radicalism and visions of the future that defy convention and expectation. " -Angela Y. Davis "Freedom Dreams was a blast of fresh air in the dark days of 2002, and its reissue will have the same effect today when it' s even more needed. . . . A handbook of dynamic hope. " -Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion "Robin D. G. Kelley teaches us that dreams of freedom are all we need and not enough. . . . It' s time to read Freedom Dreams again, and again. " -Fred Moten, author of consent not to be a single being "A bold and provocative celebration of the Black radical imagination in the 20th century. " -Laura Ciolkowski, The New York Times Book Review "Robin Kelley may well be the hippest intellectual in the land. . . . [He] writes unflinchingly of freedom and love, dreams and visions, revolts of the mind. " -Jason Sokol, The Nation "From one of the most important thinkers of our time, Freedom Dreams is a tour de force that opens up fresh modes of knowledge and radical possibilities. " -Elizabeth Hinton, author of America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s "Kelley and the Black freedom struggle he chronicles show us once again how to rebuild a politics of desire, of a freedom worthy of the name. " -Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won' t Love You Back
Robin D. G. Kelley is Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U. S. History at UCLA. He is author or co-editor of numerous award-winning books including Thelonious Monk- The Life and Times of an American Original(The Free Press, 2009); Yo' Mama' s Disfunktional!- Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America (Beacon Press, 1997);? and Race Rebels- Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class (The Free Press, 1994), among others.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780807007037
Published: 23 Aug 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Beacon Press
Publisher: Beacon Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 280

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