ISBN:
9780231181105
Language:
English
Pages:
xii 222 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Zamalin, Alex, 1986 - Struggle on Their Minds
DDC:
323.1196/073
Keywords:
Walker, David Political and social views
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Douglass, Frederick Political and social views
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Wells-Barnett, Ida B Political and social views
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Newton, Huey P Political and social views
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Davis, Angela Y Political and social views
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African American intellectuals
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African Americans Politics and government
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African Americans Political activity
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History
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African Americans Intellectual life
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Slavery Influence
;
African American intellectuals
;
African Americans
;
Slavery
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Davis, Angela Y.
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Douglass, Frederick
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Newton, Huey P.
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Walker, David
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Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
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USA
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Schwarze
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Intellektueller
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Politisches Denken
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Politisches Handeln
;
Aktivismus
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Widerstand
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Geschichte 1785-2017
Abstract:
"The rise of the American economy, the persistence of social inequality, and the ongoing struggle for adequate political representation cannot be evaluated separately from slavery, the country's original sin. Five activists who have fought to incorporate slavery into American political discourse are the focus of this timely book, in which Alex Zamalin considers past African American resistance to underscore its future democratic necessity. He looks at the language and conceptions put forward by the American abolitionists David Walker and Frederick Douglass, the antilynching activist Ida B. Wells, the Black Panther Party organizer Huey P. Newton, and the prison reformer Angela Davis. Each through passionate argument revised the core values of the American political tradition and reformed ideas about power, justice, community, action, and the role of emotion in elective outcomes. Zamalin finds numerous examples in which political theory developed a more open and resilient conception of individual liberty after key moments of African American resistance provoked by these activists' work. Their thought encouraged slaves to revolt against their masters, black radical abolitionists to call for the eradication of slavery by any means necessary, black journalists to chastise American institutions for their indifference to lynching, and black radicals to police the police and to condemn racial injustice in the American prison system. Taken together, these movements pushed political theory forward, offering new language and concepts to sustain democracy in tense times. Struggle on Their Minds is a critical text for our contemporary moment, showing how constructive resistance can strengthen the practice of democracy and help disenfranchised groups achieve political parity."--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Introduction: the political thought of African American resistance -- David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and the abolitionist democratic vision -- Ida B. Wells, the antilynching movement, and the politics of seeing -- Huey Newton, the Black Panthers, and the decolonization of America -- Angela Davis, prison abolition, and the end of the American carceral state -- Conclusion: the future of resistance
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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