Black radicalism evolved without conscious self-awareness as a tradition

Evidence

Du Bois, James, and Wright eventually revised their positions on Western Marxism or broke with it altogether and, to differing degrees, embraced Black radicalism. The way they came to the Black Radical Tradition was more of an act of recognition than invention; they did not create the theory of Black radicalism as much as found it, through their work and study, in the mass movements of Black people. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 22 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black radicalism is a distinct tradition, not a Black variant of Western radicalism; The Black radical tradition produced its individual leaders rather than vice versa — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 800; Twentieth-century Black radical thinkers rediscovered their tradition through history — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 838 (+8 more)

Related

• Black radical theory was discovered in mass movements, not invented (similarity 0.91)
• Black radicalism is a distinct tradition, not a Black variant of Western radicalism (similarity 0.89)
• Du Bois, James, and Wright found rather than invented Black radicalism in mass movements. (similarity 0.88)
• A wave of Black radical books appeared in the late 1970s and early 1980s (similarity 0.87)
• Black radicalism’s unconsciousness of itself as tradition has costs (similarity 0.87)
• The tradition let Black thinkers reject Western radicalism’s universal claims (similarity 0.87)
• The Black radical tradition matured across continents while never consciously recognizing itself (similarity 0.87)
• Western scholars long denied any coherent tradition of Black radicalism (similarity 0.87)
• Twentieth-century Black radical thinkers rediscovered their tradition through history (similarity 0.86)
• The Black radical tradition challenges Western radicalism’s claims about capitalism and the vanguard intelligentsia. (similarity 0.86)
• The Black radical movement outweighed Marxism’s influence even on its most Westernized intellectuals (similarity 0.86)
• Black intellectuals’ nurture as Blacks outweighed Marxism in forging radical consciousness. (similarity 0.85)
• Black radicalism is transcending nationalism and class struggle for its own authority (similarity 0.85)
• Black radicalism is an autonomous African response, not a Black variant of Western radicalism (similarity 0.85)
• Black radicals emerged by turning to their own historical tradition (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Black radicalism matured largely unconscious of itself as a unified tradition #corroborates (0.95)
• Black radical theory was discovered in mass movements, not invented #corroborates (0.80) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 22
• The radical intelligentsia found, not invented, the Black Radical Tradition #expands (0.70)