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'Brian Meek's After the Postcolonial Caribbean is a clarion call. He reminds us that only a state, understood as a fully democratized postsecular deity of our collective making, can save us. 'After the Postcolonial Caribbean' is exemplary C.L.R. James's grounded creative universality at its best.' -- Francio Guadeloupe, University of Amsterdam and Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian & Caribbean studies 'Brian Meeks presents us with a challenge, the daunting task of imagining and creating a world beyond the post-colonial present. Through a combination of political theory, political economy, popular culture and Caribbean critique, Meeks offers his readers a grounding in this critical meditation on the meaning of social transformation and freedom while avoiding the tendency to descend into pessimism and despair.' -- David Austin, author of Dread Poetry and Freedom 'Meeks presents an erudite and unexcitable interpretation of the dark times which engulf us. In sprightly, dancing prose he locates the Caribbean in the global currents which organize who we now are and who we can become. 'Memory. Imagination. Hope.' Indeed. Meeks offers us a book of rare beauty.' -- Bill Schwarz, Professor at Queen Mary University of London

'A clarion call and a reminder that only a fully democratised, postsecular state of our collective making can save us. After the Postcolonial Caribbean is exemplary' -- Francio Guadeloupe, University of Amsterdam and Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian & Caribbean studies 'Presents us with a challenge, the daunting task of imagining and creating a world beyond the post-colonial present. Through a combination of political theory, political economy, popular culture and Caribbean critique, Meeks offers his readers a grounding in this critical meditation on the meaning of social transformation and freedom while avoiding the tendency to descend into pessimism and despair' -- David Austin, author of 'Dread Poetry' and 'Freedom' 'Presents an erudite and unexcitable interpretation of the dark times which engulf us. In sprightly, dancing prose he locates the Caribbean in the global currents which organise who we now are and who we can become ... A rare book of beauty' -- Bill Schwarz, Professor at Queen Mary University of London

'A clarion call and a reminder that only a fully democratised, postsecular state of our collective making can save us. 'After the Postcolonial Caribbean' is exemplary' -- Francio Guadeloupe, University of Amsterdam and Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian & Caribbean studies 'Presents us with a challenge, the daunting task of imagining and creating a world beyond the post-colonial present. Through a combination of political theory, political economy, popular culture and Caribbean critique, Meeks offers his readers a grounding in this critical meditation on the meaning of social transformation and freedom while avoiding the tendency to descend into pessimism and despair' -- David Austin, author of 'Dread Poetry' and 'Freedom' 'Presents an erudite and unexcitable interpretation of the dark times which engulf us. In sprightly, dancing prose he locates the Caribbean in the global currents which organise who we now are and who we can become... A rare book of beauty' -- Bill Schwarz, Professor at Queen Mary University of London

'A clarion call and a reminder that only a fully democratised, postsecular state of our collective making can save us. After the Postcolonial Caribbean is exemplary' -- Francio Guadeloupe, University of Amsterdam and Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian & Caribbean studies 'Presents us with a challenge, the daunting task of imagining and creating a world beyond the post-colonial present. Through a combination of political theory, political economy, popular culture and Caribbean critique, Meeks offers his readers a grounding in this critical meditation on the meaning of social transformation and freedom while avoiding the tendency to descend into pessimism and despair' -- David Austin, author of 'Dread Poetry' and 'Freedom' 'Presents an erudite and unexcitable interpretation of the dark times which engulf us. In sprightly, dancing prose he locates the Caribbean in the global currents which organise who we now are and who we can become ... A rare book of beauty' -- Bill Schwarz, Professor at Queen Mary University of London

'Brian Meek's After the Postcolonial Caribbean is a clarion call. He reminds us that only a state, understood as a fully democratized postsecular deity of our collective making, can save us. 'After the Postcolonial Caribbean' is exemplary C.L.R. James's grounded creative universality at its best.' -- Francio Guadeloupe, University of Amsterdam and Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian & Caribbean studies

'A clarion call and a reminder that only a fully democratised, postsecular state of our collective making can save us. 'After the Postcolonial Caribbean' is exemplary' -- Francio Guadeloupe, University of Amsterdam and Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian & Caribbean studies 'Brian Meeks presents us with a challenge, the daunting task of imagining and creating a world beyond the post-colonial present. Through a combination of political theory, political economy, popular culture and Caribbean critique, Meeks offers his readers a grounding in this critical meditation on the meaning of social transformation and freedom while avoiding the tendency to descend into pessimism and despair' -- David Austin, author of Dread Poetry and Freedom 'Presents an erudite and unexcitable interpretation of the dark times which engulf us. In sprightly, dancing prose he locates the Caribbean in the global currents which organise who we now are and who we can become... a rare book of beauty' -- Bill Schwarz, Professor at Queen Mary University of London

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Brian Meeks is Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University. He has authored or edited numerous books including Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory, Caribbean Revolutions and Revolutionary Theory, Narratives of Resistance and Envisioning Caribbean Futures. He is also the author of the novel Paint the Town Red and the poetry collection The Coup Clock Clicks.

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