{"product_id":"black-marxism-august-nimtz-9781685901738","title":"Black Marxism: A Marxist Critique","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the last decade, Cedric Robinson's \u003ci\u003eBlack Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e has had a tremendous influence on scholars and activists alike, deeply shaping debates on the place of race within capitalist societies. Is race subsumed by class, with the latter the sine qua non of capitalism? Do race and class act independently within modern societies? Or does capitalism inevitably express a deeper racial impetus in the West? In this, the first book-length discussion of \u003ci\u003eBlack Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e, Nimtz lays out the limits of Robinson's much-celebrated text, showing it represents a sophisticated, but ultimately flawed, version of Black nationalism. Nimtz defends Marxism from Robinson's accusations of myopia on matters of race, suggesting that, in charging Marx and Engels with Eurocentrism, he either failed to understand, or misrepresented, their work--and that, in effect, many thinkers inspired by \u003ci\u003eBlack Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e blatantly misrepresented Marxist texts. Especially in his writings about the U.S. Civil War, Marx had far more to say about race than is commonly understood, Nimtz shows. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn authentic Marxism, argues Nimtz, remains the most reliable real-world method for human liberation, not least among peoples of African descent. Speaking for himself as a contemporary of Robinson's, Nimtz grounds \u003ci\u003eBlack Marxism: A Marxist Critique\u003c\/i\u003e in an account of his own upbringing in New Orleans, and his development throughout the struggles of the 1960s, explaining how and why he came to radically different conclusions. Accessible and engaging, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Marxism: A Marxist Critiqu\u003c\/i\u003ee will be a significant intervention in the race-versus-class debate on the U.S. Left. No doubt, Nimtz's trenchant critique will generate controversy, highlighting how more possibilities for transracial class alliances exist than ever before--and misguided theories like Robinson's prevent us from seeing that potential. His detailed rejoinder to\u003ci\u003e Black Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e is much needed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e August Nimtz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685901735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685901738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monthly Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"August Nimtz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801397801215,"sku":"9781685901738","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-marxism-august-nimtz-9781685901738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}