Ueber die Progressen der Philosophie : veranlasst durch die Preisfrage der Königl. Akademie zu Berlin für das Jahr 1792 : Was hat die Metaphisik seit Leibniz und Wolf für Progressen gemacht? / von Salomon Maimon

• Record Nr.: UNISOBE600200065652
• Autore: Maimon, Salomon
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bruxelles, : Culture et Civilisation, 1969
• Edizione: [Impression anastaltique]
• Descrizione fisica: 56 p. ; 19 cm
• Collana: Aetas kantiana ; 172
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Ripr. facs. dell'ed. : Berlin, 1793

Black philosopher, white academy [[electronic resource] ] : the career of William Fontaine / / Bruce Kuklick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457373003321
• Autore: Kuklick Bruce <1941->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-283-21234-X; 9786613212344; 0-8122-0541-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 191; B
• Soggetti: African American educators; Philosophy teachers - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-159) and index.; "Bibliography of the writings of William Fontaine": p. [161]-163.
• Nota di contenuto: A cultured education -- A student of philosophy -- Ambition constrained -- The sociology of knowledge -- Social change and World War II -- The ambiguity of success -- Social philosophy and civil rights -- Conservative pan-Africanism -- White racism and black power.
• Sommario/riassunto: At a time when almost all African American college students attended black colleges, philosopher William Fontaine was the only black member of the University of Pennsylvania faculty-and quite possibly the only black member of any faculty in the Ivy League. Little is known about Fontaine, but his predicament was common to African American professionals and intellectuals at a critical time in the history of civil rights and race relations in the United States.Black Philosopher, White Academy is at once a biographical sketch of a man caught up in the issues and the dilemmas of race in the middle of the last century; a portrait of a salient aspect of academic life then; and an intellectual history of a period in African American life and letters, the discipline of philosophy, and the American academy. It is also a meditation on the sources available to a practicing historian and, frustratingly, the ; sources that are not. Bruce Kuklick stays close to the slim packet of evidence left on Fontaine's life and career but also strains against its limitations to extract the largest possible insights into the life of the elusive Fontaine.

Andrew Johnson's Civil War and reconstruction / / Paul H. Bergeron

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960776103321
• Autore: Bergeron Paul H. <1938->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2011
• ISBN: 9786613239280; 9781283239288; 1283239280; 9781572337947; 157233794X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.8/1092; B
• Soggetti: Presidents - United States; United States Politics and government 1849-1877
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Few figures in American political history are as reviled as Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president of the United States. Taking office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he clashed constantly with Congress during the tumultuous early years of Reconstruction. He opposed federally-mandated black suffrage and the Fourteenth Amendment and vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights bills. In this new book, Paul H. Bergeron, a respected Johnson scholar, brings a new perspective on this often vilified figure. Previous books have judged Johnson out of the context of his times or through a partisan lens. But this volume-based on Bergeron's work as the editor of The ; Papers of Andrew Johnson-takes a more balanced approach to Johnson and his career. Admiring Johnson's unswerving devotion to the Union, Lincoln appointed him as military governor of Tennessee, a post, Bergeron argues, that enhanced Johnson's executive experience and his national stature. While governor, Johnson implemented the emancipation of slaves in the state and laid the foundation for a new civilian government. Bergeron also notes that Johnson developed a close connection with the president which eventually resulted in his vice-presidential candidacy. In many respects, therefore, Johnson's Civil War years served as preparation for his presidency. Bergeron moves beyond simplistic arguments based on Johnson's racism to place his presidency within the politics of the day. Putting aside earlier analyses of the conflict between Johnson and the Republican Radicals as ideological disputes, Bergeron discusses these battles as a political power struggle. In doing so, he does not deny Johnson's racism but provides a more nuanced and effective perspective on the issues as Johnson tried to pursue the "politics of the possible." Bergeron interprets Johnson as a strong-willed, decisive, fearless, authoritarian leader in the tradition of Andrew Jackson. While never excusing Johnson's inflexibility and extreme racism, Bergeron makes the case that, in proper context, Johnson can be seen at times as a surprisingly effective commander-in-chief-one whose approach to the problems of reestablishing the Union was defensible and consistent. With its fresh insight on the man and his times, Andrew Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction is indispensable reading for students and scholars of the U.S. presidency and the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.