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1 online resource (x, 190 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
There have been many answers on offer for liberalism's anemic approval ratings, but as this book shows, we may have been looking in the wrong places and using the wrong defenses for liberal democracy. Focusing on the long history of black political participation and protest, this book contends that it offers object lessons for liberalism. |
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""Why," asks Nick Bromell, "should the political thought of white Americans remain the only theory to which Americans of all ethnicities turn when constructing and reconstructing their understanding of democracy? Must Americans remain locked in an apartheid of experience and perception even after whites have become a minority population in this nation? Hasn't the 2012 presidential election made clear that the time has come to build not just on the votes of citizens of color, but on the varieties of democratic thought their experience has engendered?" In his answers to these questions, Bromell brings to light an underappreciated stream of democratic reflection by black writers and activists from David Walker to Malcolm X. Bromell argues that these thinkers urge Americans to fundamentally re-imagine the nature of their democracy and recognize that indignation can be a powerful and productive democratic emotion; that dignity is just as important to democracy as equality and liberty; that national citizenship can be infused with a sense of responsibility to the world; and that faith can actually promote rather than threaten democratic pluralism. A literary critic and intellectual historian, Bromell draws on a wide range of fiction, essays, speeches, and oral histories, deftly synthesizing recent work in U.S. history, literary and cultural studies, and political theory. Like the figures he discusses, he puts this thought to work in the present moment, this "now." Black democratic insights, he shows, are strikingly relevant to the challenges facing US democracy today, and they provide the basis for a new, post-liberal public philosophy with which to turn back the rise of radical conservatism."--Publisher's description. |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Black Thought and the Transformation of US Public Philosophy; 1. From Indignation to Dignity: What Anger Does for Democracy; 2. "This Is Personal": The Politics of Relationship in Jim Crow America; 3. The Art of Citizenship: Nella Larsen, James Baldwin, and the Difficulty of Knowing Others; 4. "A Greater, Broader Sense of Humanity and World Fellowship": Black Worldly Citizenship from Douglass to Malcolm X; 5. "Religion in the Sense of Striving for the Infinite": Faith, Pluralism, and Democratic Action |
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6. "The Moment We're In": The Democratic Imagination of Barack ObamaA Coda for My Colleagues: Fusing Critique and Vision; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
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African Americans -- Politics and government. |
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Philosophy. |
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African American intellectuals -- Political activity -- History.
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African American intellectuals. |
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Political participation. |
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History. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
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United States. |
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Liberalism -- United States -- History.
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Equality -- United States -- History.
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Equality. |
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Political culture -- United States -- History.
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Political culture. |
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Politics and government. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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Liberalism. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Bromell, Nicholas Knowles. Time is always now 9780199973439 (DLC) 2013011934 (OCoLC)840934550 |
| ISBN |
9780199973446 (electronic book) |
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019997344X (electronic book) |
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9780199973439 |
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0199973431 |
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