This exhaustive collection of essays, reflections, and introductions to James's epic treatment of the Haitian Revolution will be the authoritative companion to his history for decades to come. . . . An important contribution to postcolonial and Caribbean studies . . . A bracing and consequential collection.
Justin Rogers-Cooper
Small Axe Project
Containing rare primary ... Read morematerials, new scholarship, and personal reflections from an impressive array of activists, writers, and scholars, The Black Jacobins Reader affirms the enduring relevance of James's achievement. Forsdick and Hogsbjerg's Black Jacobins Reader stands as testament to the fact that some 80 years after its first publication, The Black Jacobins continues to inspire, challenge, and provoke.
Philip Kaisary
Slavery & Abolition
First, and most importantly, the Reader offers a documentary history of how The Black Jacobins has been studied and how it helped to inspire new knowledge and new movements. Second, the Reader persistently portrays James's meditations on the Haitian Revolution as contributions to the philosophy of history.
Jesse Olsavsky
The Black Scholar
Provides the most thorough and wide-ranging study of James's seminal text to date.... The Reader reminds us of the audacity of James's text in its time and the inspiration it provided to generations of readers....
Kate Quinn
French Studies
What the The Black Jacobins Reader accomplishes is a masterful dialogue not only with respect to The Black Jacobins itself, but with historical writing in general, bringing together some of the most notable voices in Haitian and Caribbean intellectual history to consider the incredible durability of James's work. The Black Jacobins Reader also manages to stage this dialogue as one that is preoccupied with the ongoing predicament of our time - that of asking the question, time and again: what is freedom?
Bedour Alagraa
Contemporary Political Theory
This book is a welcome contribution that can assist in ensuring that [C. L. R.] James continues to educate future generations of activists.
Brian Richardson
Socialist Review
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