One of the reasons I'm skeptical of him is that he's extremely elusive for such a major (and divisive) figure. For info on the origin of white supremacy and the evils of settler colonialism I steer people towards Gerald Horne, who is a respected black marxist historian.
Gerald Horne is incredibly good, J Sakai has some issues with citations or sharing methodologies as well, imo. However I've found Settlers to be a good "wrecking ball" for dismantling perceptions on history so I tend to recommend people start there and then move on to The Counter-Revolution of 1776 or something similar
Horne's good. I do think the counter revolution of 1776 over plays its hand a little bit though. To me the revolution is more about settler colonial revolt over conceptions of freedom Ala Aziz Rana's the two faces of American freedom, of which a key part is anxiety over slavery law, but not the principle component (and there is no principle component it's a mixture of several).
He cranks them out and he's actually really academic about it. His goal is less to make people hate white folks and more to give people a better understanding of the fucked up system that created this shithole country.
Some of his good works on Amerikkkan settler colonialism:
The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean
The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century
Sorry for the weird format of listing them, they have really long titles. He's definitely not as good at making catchy simple titles like "Settlers" lol
One of the reasons I'm skeptical of him is that he's extremely elusive for such a major (and divisive) figure. For info on the origin of white supremacy and the evils of settler colonialism I steer people towards Gerald Horne, who is a respected black marxist historian.
Gerald Horne is incredibly good, J Sakai has some issues with citations or sharing methodologies as well, imo. However I've found Settlers to be a good "wrecking ball" for dismantling perceptions on history so I tend to recommend people start there and then move on to The Counter-Revolution of 1776 or something similar
Horne's good. I do think the counter revolution of 1776 over plays its hand a little bit though. To me the revolution is more about settler colonial revolt over conceptions of freedom Ala Aziz Rana's the two faces of American freedom, of which a key part is anxiety over slavery law, but not the principle component (and there is no principle component it's a mixture of several).
Ooh thanks for that, I'll add that to my reading list. I enjoyed the book but I agree the viewpoint felt a little narrow to me at points
Dude is still putting out like a book a year in his late 60s/early 70s.
He cranks them out and he's actually really academic about it. His goal is less to make people hate white folks and more to give people a better understanding of the fucked up system that created this shithole country.
From the way people describe makes him sound way different than the people that read his work
Different how so?
Are we talking about Horne or Sakai?
Gonna have to dive in thanks for the rec
Links?
I don't think his stuff is out there for free.
Some of his good works on Amerikkkan settler colonialism:
The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean
The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century
Sorry for the weird format of listing them, they have really long titles. He's definitely not as good at making catchy simple titles like "Settlers" lol
all books are free with z-lib.org
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I don't have any I was just checking him out via Google :(
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i tried reading the counter revolution of 1776 but damn is horne a clunky writer. i find it very hard to read