The City on the Hill from Below - The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics

Klappentext A compelling conversation between African American political intellectuals and the canon of western political philosophy Zusammenfassung A compelling conversation between African American political intellectuals and the canon of western political philosophy Inhaltsverzeichnis One: Introduction: The City on the Hill from Below; Two: Black Liberty in the City of Enmity: The Political Theory of David Walker; Three: "Glorious Revolution" in the City of Mastery: Frederick Douglass on the Corruption of the American Republic; Four: Aristocratic Strivings in the Gilded City: The Political Theory of The Souls of Black Folk; Five: (Making )Love in the Dishonorable City: The Civic Poetry of James Baldwin; Six: Conclusion: Prophetic Critique in the Age of the Joshua Generation

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• Authors: Stephen Marshall, Stephen H. Marshall
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2012
• EAN: 9781439906569
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0656-9
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education