A Political Companion to James Baldwin
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-6991-0 (ISBN)
In A Political Companion to James Baldwin, a group of prominent scholars assess the prolific author's relevance to present-day political challenges. Together, they address Baldwin as a democratic theorist, activist, and citizen, examining his writings on the civil rights movement, religion, homosexuality, and women's rights. They investigate the ways in which his work speaks to and galvanizes a collective American polity, and explore his views on the political implications of individual experience in relation to race and gender.
This volume not only considers Baldwin's works within their own historical context, but also applies the author's insights to recent events such as the Obama presidency and the Black Lives Matter movement, emphasizing his faith in the connections between the past and present. These incisive essays will encourage a new reading of Baldwin that celebrates his significant contributions to political and democratic theory.
Susan J. McWilliams is associate professor of politics at Pomona College. She is the author of Traveling Back: Toward a Global Political Theory and coeditor of several books, including The Democratic Soul: A Wilson Carey McWilliams Reader.
Introduction 'A Most Disagreeable Mirror': Race Consciousness as Double Consciousness The Race of a More Perfect Union: James Baldwin, Segregated Memory, and the 2008 Presidential Race James Baldwin and the Politics of Disconnection What William F. Buckley Jr. Did Not Understand About James Baldwin: On Baldwin's Politics of Freedom Baldwin, Prophecy, and Politics The Negative Political Theology of James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain: James Baldwin and the Politics of Faith Socrates in a Different Key: James Baldwin and Race in America Crossing Identitarian Lines: Women's Liberation and James Baldwin's Early Essays 'Where the People Can Sing, the Poet Can Live': James Baldwin, Pragmatism, and Cosmopolitan Humanism Baldwin's Individualism and Critique of Property James Baldwin on Violence and Disavowal James Baldwin and #BlackLivesMatter Tell Him I'm Gone: On the Margins in High Tech City
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.11.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Political Companions to Great American Authors |
Mitarbeit |
Sonstige Mitarbeit: Susan J. McWilliams, Lawrie Balfour, P.J. Brendese |
Verlagsort | Lexington |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8131-6991-7 / 0813169917 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8131-6991-0 / 9780813169910 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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