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Professor Benn’s book succeeds in systematising for the first time the elements that may be said to constitute the intellectual tradition of the Caribbean from the end on the eighteenth century to present. That tradition may be divided into two parts: an older tradition which was confined to the white planter class who sought to elaborate a political philosophy in defense of their political and economic privileges best represented in the writings of Edward Long & Bryan Edwards. A newer tradition began to emerge during the nineteenth century and considerably broadened it’s intellectual content during the course of the twentieth century. In terms of this newer tradition there has been three major intellectual influences in the figures of Marcus Garvey, C.C.R. James and Eric Williams. Garvey developed the perspective based on racial consciousness as the basis of political action. James represents the tradition of radical intellectual dissent influenced by Marxist and neo-Marxists perceptions while Williams epitomizes the nationalist intellectual ethos which sees the local community as an indivisible entity and as the ultimate basis of political allegiance. Benn succeeds in demonstrating the richness and complexity of the Caribbean intellectual tradition… it makes an important contribution to Caribbean intellectual history.” – Paget Henry, Africana Studies Department, Brown University. Benn succeeds in demonstrating the richness and complexity of the Caribbean intellectual tradition… it makes an important contribution to Caribbean intellectual history.” – Paget Henry, Africana Studies Department, Brown University.Benn, Denis is the author of 'Caribbean : An Intellectual History', published 2004 under ISBN 9780974215563 and ISBN 0974215562.
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