{"product_id":"you-dont-play-with-revolution-c-l-r-james-9781904859932","title":"You Don't Play with Revolution: The Montr饌l Lectures of C.L.R. James","description":"\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饌l 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饌l.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. L. R. James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1904859933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904859932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"C. L. R. James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046595031295,"sku":"9781904859932","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89d98a57-a29f-4cab-9bcc-36869156e98b.jpg?v=1684985422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/you-dont-play-with-revolution-c-l-r-james-9781904859932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}