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juliaortiz's review against another edition
5.0
One of the most incredible and compelling books I've read in the last couple of years. Can't recommend it enough.
alexlanz's review against another edition
This is one of the best books ever written.
mattrohn's review against another edition
3.0
Good material but very dated, the important information and theory from the first 2\3 is embedded throughout much more modern literature, and the last 1\3 mostly of interest to those interested in an intellectual history of leftist politics
nick_jenkins's review
5.0
Wow. Still processing, and tbh, I feel I understand what Robinson means by 'racial capitalism' much better than I understand what he means by 'the Black radical tradition, but this is just such a fertile, unique, and intellectually invigorating book. It is dense, and probably suits the needs and interests of social or economic historians more than intellectual or cultural historians, but for me it is extremely valuable.
aimiller's review
4.0
This is a book I think I would rate higher if I was smarter/had read more of the source material. Robinson is relentlessly thorough, and this is a book I'm going to have to go back through again and again probably to get a real sense of. Nonetheless, I found especially the latter chapters about DuBois, James, and Wright really interesting, and it's made me want to go back and read and reread the works of Wright in particular through a new lens. I'm going to be working through what James means by the Black Radical Tradition for a while, I think because it's deliberately nebulous in a lot of ways, but it was definitely compelling and worth reading!
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