The crisis of production today is the crisis of the antagon… - 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.

C. L. R. James

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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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