In a shade of blue : pragmatism and the politics of Black America /

In this provocative book, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., one of our nation's rising young Afircan American intellectuals, makes an impassioned plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future, rather than the fi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Temas:
Dewey, John, > 1859-1952.
Dewey, John, > 1859-1952
Pragmatism.
African Americans > Religion.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Pragmatisme.
Noirs américains > Religion.
Noirs américains > Politique et gouvernement.
pragmatism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Politics and government
African Americans > Religion
Pragmatism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • In a shade of blue : an introduction
  • 1. Tragedy and moral experience : John Dewey and Toni Morrison's Beloved
  • 2. "Black and proud" : reconstructing black identity
  • 3. "Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God" : the problem of history in black theology
  • 4. Agency, slavery, and African American Christianity
  • 5. Explicating Black nationalism
  • 6. The eclipse of a black public and the challenge of a post-soul politics
  • Epilogue : The covenant with Black America
  • Notes
  • Index.

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