03394nam 2200733 a 450 991096761910332120230126203314.09781439906569143990656497814399065761439906572(CKB)2550000001114779(EBL)712342(OCoLC)739718930(SSID)ssj0000535045(PQKBManifestationID)11333940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535045(PQKBWorkID)10521923(PQKB)10799989(SSID)ssj0000777056(PQKBManifestationID)12303938(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777056(PQKBWorkID)10754707(PQKB)23802820(MiAaPQ)EBC712342(MdBmJHUP)muse13415(Au-PeEL)EBL712342(CaPaEBR)ebr10477350(CaONFJC)MIL514651(Perlego)2040039(EXLCZ)99255000000111477920101104d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe city on the hill from below the crisis of prophetic Black politics /Stephen H. MarshallPhiladelphia Temple University Pressc20111 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781439906552 1439906556 9781299834002 1299834000 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The City on the Hill from Below; 1. Black Liberty in the City of Enmity: The Political Theory of David Walker; 2. "Glorious Revolution" in the City of Mastery: Frederick Douglass on the Corruption of the American Republic; 3. Aristocratic Strivings in the Gilded City: The Political Theory of The Souls of Black Folk; 4. (Making) Love in the Dishonorable City: The Civic Poetry of James Baldwin; Conclusion: Prophetic Political Critique in the Age of the Joshua Generation; Notes; IndexWithin the discipline of American political science and the field of political theory, African American prophetic political critique as a form of political theorizing has been largely neglected. Stephen Marshall, in The City on the Hill from Below, interrogates the political thought of David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison to reveal a vital tradition of American political theorizing and engagement with an American political imaginary forged by the City on the Hill.Originally articulated to describe colonial settlement, state fAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentPhilosophyAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsUnited StatesPolitics and governmentAfrican AmericansPolitics and government.African AmericansPolitics and governmentPhilosophy.African AmericansSocial conditions.323.1196/073Marshall Stephen H1811287MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967619103321The city on the hill from below4363069UNINA