That quote really gets at Táíwò's argument well! I think "avoidance of 'complicity' " gets at some of the methodological individualism that I think holds back both the US identity politics he focuses on and some of the movements you do in your book.
Agreed! I also like this: "It would be what political scientist Adom Getachew terms a "worldmaking" project, aimed at building and rebuilding actual structures...rather than mere critique of the ones we already have."
This is great too-- now I have to go back to this, thanks. I have a bit of a related critique in one of my upcoming books on why striking dockworkers in Britain in 1775 fail to achieve their aims while Black abolitionist dockworkers in Rhode Island in the same period ultimately succeed in achieving many of theirs (when the relevant power dynamics would lead you to expect the opposite) and it very much comes down to having a worldmaking project versus a critical and defensive one.
Thanks for the book review/recommendation, I’ll be adding it to the list! I was wondering if you had any suggestions for sources that delve deeply into the political activism of the Ultras phenomenon you describe in If We Burn. Thanks!
Thanks for the book recommendation and review, Vincent. Regarding Amilcar Carbal, I have a double DVD (yes, they still make them) about Amilcar Cabral and Frantz Fanon. I found the part on Cabral was quite informative. I see that it is available at Amazon if you are interested: https://www.amazon.com/African-Leaders-Amilcar-Cabral-Frantz/dp/B00407PNWY
That quote really gets at Táíwò's argument well! I think "avoidance of 'complicity' " gets at some of the methodological individualism that I think holds back both the US identity politics he focuses on and some of the movements you do in your book.
Agreed! I also like this: "It would be what political scientist Adom Getachew terms a "worldmaking" project, aimed at building and rebuilding actual structures...rather than mere critique of the ones we already have."
This is great too-- now I have to go back to this, thanks. I have a bit of a related critique in one of my upcoming books on why striking dockworkers in Britain in 1775 fail to achieve their aims while Black abolitionist dockworkers in Rhode Island in the same period ultimately succeed in achieving many of theirs (when the relevant power dynamics would lead you to expect the opposite) and it very much comes down to having a worldmaking project versus a critical and defensive one.
Immediately adding this book to the list.
Thanks for the book review/recommendation, I’ll be adding it to the list! I was wondering if you had any suggestions for sources that delve deeply into the political activism of the Ultras phenomenon you describe in If We Burn. Thanks!
Thanks for the book recommendation and review, Vincent. Regarding Amilcar Carbal, I have a double DVD (yes, they still make them) about Amilcar Cabral and Frantz Fanon. I found the part on Cabral was quite informative. I see that it is available at Amazon if you are interested: https://www.amazon.com/African-Leaders-Amilcar-Cabral-Frantz/dp/B00407PNWY