The crisis of production today is the crisis of the antagonism between manual and intellectual labor. The problem of modern philosophy from Descartes… - C. L. R. James

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The crisis of production today is the crisis of the antagonism between manual and intellectual labor. The problem of modern philosophy from Descartes in the sixteenth century to Stalinism in 1950 is the problem of the division of labor between the intellectuals and the workers.

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About C. L. R. James

Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 19 May 1989) was a Trinidadian-born anti-colonial Marxist activist and writer.

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Native Name: Cyril Lionel Robert James
Alternative Names: CLR James Nello J. R. Johnson J.R. Johnson JR Johnson C.L.R. James
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