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Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole Boyce Davies. 2008 Duke University Press, paperback edition, 311 pages. Jones was a "pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist," who was exiled to the UK in 1955 after a stint in federal prison. Here Boyce brings her biography to life.Condition: Like new.
"Thus, one cannot locate all intellectual activity within the academy only, particularly when there exists (and existed) a Marxist tradition of the development of working-class intellectuals for whom the study of political theory and its praxis was critical."