From Emerson to King : Democracy, Race, and the Politics of Protest.

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This work explores Emerson's contribution to the debate on democracy, race and social reform. Emerson's writings, it argues, reveal a pattern of contradiction between fundamental individual rights and race as a factor impossible to dismiss in a consideration of democratic values.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patterson, Anita Haya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Colección:W.E.B. Du Bois Institute (Series)
Temas:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Influence.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882 > Political and social views.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
Democracy > United States.
Noirs américains > Droits.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Intellectual life
Democracy
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political and social views
Race relations
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; INTRODUCTION: Reconciling Race and Rights; ONE: Defining the Public: Representative Men; TWO: Property and the Body in Nature; THREE: The Poetics of Contradiction: Religious and Political Emblems in "The American Scholar"; FOUR: "Self-Reliance": The Ethical Demand for Reform; FIVE: Locating the Limits of Consent in "Friendship"; SIX: The Claims of Double-Consciousness: Race, Nationalism, and the Problem of Political Obligation; SEVEN: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Critique of Liberal Nationalism.
  • EIGHT: Martin Luther King Jr.: Publicity, Disobedience, and the Revitalization of American Democratic CultureEpilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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