From Emerson to King: Democracy, Race, and the Politics of Protest

by Anita Haya Patterson

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This book traces a provocative line from Emerson's work on race, reform, and identity to work by three influential African- American thinkers--W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cornel West--each of whom offers subtle engagement with both the tradition of written protest and the critique of liberalism Emerson shaped. Emerson has been cast in recent debate as either an antinomian or an ideologue--as either subversive of institutional controls...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195109155

ISBN13:9780195109153

Release Date:June 1997

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.36 lbs.

Dimensions:10.9" x 1.0" x 5.2"

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