Cedric Robinson and Anthropology of Black Marxism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21146/2414-3715-2021-7-2-126-134Keywords:
Cedric Robinson, black Marxism, racial capitalism, anthropology of Marxism, Black Lives Matter, black studies, black radical tradition, critical racial theory, philosophy of history, western marxismAbstract
The article is devoted to the views of Cedric Robinson on Marxism and the so-called "black Marxism". The author examines Robinson's criticism of the materialistic understanding of history from the point of view of a civilizational approach, reveals the meaning of the concept of "racial capitalism". He suggests how Marxism can fend off Robinson’s criticism and also talks about the possible fate of Marxism and its black radical criticism.