Pragmatism Nation And Race
Download Pragmatism Nation And Race full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Pragmatism Nation And Race ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads.
Author |
: Chad Kautzer |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 334 |
Release |
: 2009-06-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780253023506 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0253023505 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pragmatism, Nation, and Race by : Chad Kautzer
Pragmatism has been called "the chief glory of our country's intellectual tradition" by its supporters and "a dog's dinner" by its detractors. While acknowledging pragmatism's direct ties to American imperialism and expansionism, Chad Kautzer, Eduardo Mendieta, and the contributors to this volume consider the role pragmatism plays, for better or worse, in current discussions of nationalism, war, race, and community. What can pragmatism contribute to understandings of a diverse nation? How can we reconcile pragmatism's history with recent changes in the country's racial and ethnic makeup? How does pragmatism help to explain American values and institutions and fit them into new national and multinational settings? The answers to these questions reveal pragmatism's role in helping to nourish the fundamental ideas, politics, and culture of contemporary America.
Author |
: Bill E. Lawson |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2004-04-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0253216478 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780253216472 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pragmatism and the Problem of Race by : Bill E. Lawson
How should pragmatists respond to and contribute to the resolution of one of America's greatest and most enduring problems? Given that the most important thinkers of the pragmatist movement—Charles S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and George Herbert Mead—said little about the problem of race, how does their distinctly American way of thinking confront the hardship and brutality that characterizes the experience of many African Americans in this country? In 12 thoughtful and provocative essays, contemporary American pragmatists connect ideas with action and theory with practice to come to terms with this seemingly intractable problem. Exploring themes such as racism and social change, the value of the concept of race, the role of education in ameliorating racism, and the place of democracy in dealing with the tragedy of race, the voices gathered in this volume consider how pragmatism can focus new attention on the problem of race. Contributors are Michael Eldridge, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Judith M. Green, D. Micah Hester, Donald F. Koch, Bill E. Lawson, David E. McClean, Gregory F. Pappas, Scott L. Pratt, Alfred E. Prettyman, John R. Shook, Paul C. Taylor, and Cornel West.
Author |
: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. |
Publisher |
: ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages |
: 382 |
Release |
: 2010-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781459606135 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1459606132 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis In a Shade of Blue by : Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
In this provocative book, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., one of our nation's rising young Afircan American intellectuals, makes an impassioned plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future, rather than the fixed ideas and categories of the past. Central to Gla...
Author |
: Lukmaan Hakim Khan Seekdaur |
Publisher |
: Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag) |
Total Pages |
: 60 |
Release |
: 2014-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783954897056 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3954897059 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Malcolm X: The Pragmatic Nationalist by : Lukmaan Hakim Khan Seekdaur
This book tracks the evolution of Malcolm X from a racist, espousing the essentialist ideals of the Nation of Islam to a human rights activist, aware of the broader early 1960’s struggle against imperial forces. Central to this was his strategic use of race to unite African-American initially and then the oppressed people in the world. Race was used as a strategy with the aim to abolish racial oppression. In the first chapter of this study we look at the constraints, most notably the white power structure, present in the United States during the mid-1960s which, on one hand gave form to Malcolm’s thinking, and on the other, made it necessary for Malcolm to add an international dimension to his thinking. The second chapter explores Malcolm’s racial theorising in 1964-65 when he identified the two stages which were necessary for the attainment of a colour-blind society. While Africa, as both idea and place, served as a cultural base, it also acted as a springboard to an international coalition of oppressed people. By linking the domestic and the international politics of Malcolm X, this study highlights the sense of purpose with which Malcolm X articulated his arguments concerning the future of the African-American community and their involvement in the American society.
Author |
: Mark David Wood |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0252025784 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780252025785 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cornel West and the Politics of Prophetic Pragmatism by : Mark David Wood
"Wood evaluates the political consequences of a shift in West's position from an earlier, revolutionary socialist stance to a later, progressive reformist one. Wood shows how West's subsequent reworking of Marxism supports his transition from a socialist to a progressivist politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Author |
: Eddie S. Glaude |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2007-02-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0226298248 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780226298245 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis In a Shade of Blue by : Eddie S. Glaude
In this provocative book, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., one of our nation’s rising young African American intellectuals, makes an impassioned plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future, rather than the fixed ideas and categories of the past. Central to Glaude’s mission is a rehabilitation of philosopher John Dewey, whose ideas, he argues, can be fruitfully applied to a renewal of African American politics. According to Glaude, Dewey’s pragmatism, when attentive to the darker dimensions of life—or what we often speak of as the blues—can address many of the conceptual problems that plague contemporary African American discourse. How blacks think about themselves, how they imagine their own history, and how they conceive of their own actions can be rendered in ways that escape bad ways of thinking that assume a tendentious political unity among African Americans simply because they are black. Drawing deeply on black religious thought and literature, In a Shade of Blue seeks to dislodge such crude and simplistic thinking and replace it with a deeper understanding of and appreciation for black life in all its variety and intricacy. Glaude argues that only when black political leaders acknowledge such complexity can the real-life sufferings of many African Americans be remedied, an argument echoed in the recent rhetoric and optimism of the Barack Obama presidential campaign. In a Shade of Blue is a remarkable work of political commentary and to follow its trajectory is to learn how African Americans arrived at this critical moment in their cultural and political history and to envision where they might head in the twenty-first century. “Eddie Glaude is the towering public intellectual of his generation.”—Cornel West “Eddie Glaude is poised to become the leading intellectual voice of our generation, raising questions that make us reexamine the assumptions we hold by expanding our inventory of ideas.”—Tavis Smiley
Author |
: Eddie S. Glaude Jr. |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 532 |
Release |
: 2011-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0369370902 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780369370907 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis In a Shade of Blue by : Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
In this provocative book, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., one of our nation's rising young Afircan American intellectuals, makes an impassioned plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future, rather than the fixed ideas and categories of the past. Central to Glaude's mission is a rehabilitation of philosopher John Dewey, whose ideas, he argues, can be fruitfully applied to a renewal of African American politics According to Glaude, Dewey's pragmatism, when attentive to the darker dimensions of life - or what we often speak of as the blues - can address many of the conceptual problems that plague contemporary African American discourse. How blacks think about themselves, how they imagine their own history, and how they conceive of their own actions can be rendered in ways that escape bad ways of thinking that assume a tendentious political unity among African Americans simply because they are black. Drawing deeply on black religious thought and literature, In a Shade of Blue seeks to dislodge such crude and simplistic thinking and replace it with a deeper understanding of and appreciation for black life in all its variety and intricacy. Glaude argues that only when black political leaders acknowledge such complexity can the real-life sufferings of many African Americans be remedied, an argument echoed in the recent rhetoric and optimism of the Barack Obama presidential campaign. In a Shade of Blue is a remarkable work of political commentary and to follow its trajectory is to learn how African Americans arrived at this critical moment in their cultural and political history and to envision where they might head in the twenty-first century.
Author |
: Lukmaan Hakim Khan Seekdaur |
Publisher |
: GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages |
: 73 |
Release |
: 2012-01-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783656106920 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3656106924 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Pragmatic Nationalist: The Racial Politics and Rhetoric of Malcolm X 1964-65 by : Lukmaan Hakim Khan Seekdaur
Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, University of Manchester, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In this thesis, I look at the constraints, most notably the white power structure, present in the United States during the mid-1960s which, on one hand gave form to Malcolm’s political ideology, and on the other, made it necessary for him to add an international dimension to his thinking. Central to such a discussion is Malcolm’s racial theorising in 1964-65 when he identified the two stages which were necessary for the attainment of a colour-blind society. While Africa, as both idea and place, served as a cultural base, it also acted as a springboard to an international coalition of oppressed people. By linking the domestic and the international politics of Malcolm X, this thesis highlights the sense of purpose with which Malcolm X articulated his arguments concerning the future of the African-American community and their involvement in the American society.
Author |
: Jacob L. Goodson |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 161 |
Release |
: 2019-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781498539975 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1498539971 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism by : Jacob L. Goodson
Prophetic pragmatism is a gritty philosophical framework that undergirds the intellectual and political work done by those who seek to overcome despair, dogmatism, and oppression. It seeks to unite one’s intellectual vocation and one’s duty to fight for justice. Cognizant of the ways in which political forces affect thought, while also requiring political action to not be so sure of itself that it simply replaces one oppressive structure with another, prophetic pragmatism requires a critical temper through the mode of Socratic questioning. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism argues that hope lies between critical temper and democratic faith. Socratic questioning, prophetic witness, and tragicomic hope open a space for democratic energies to flourish against the forces of nihilism and poverty. Critical temper keeps democratic faith from becoming too idealistic and Pollyannaish, and democratic faith keeps critical temper from being pessimistic about the ability to change current realities. These twin pillars provide the best and most helpful framework for understanding the nature and purpose of prophetic pragmatism. Through their dialogue, Jacob L. Goodson and Brad Elliott demonstrate why prophetic pragmatism is, in the words of Cornel West, “pragmatism at its best.”
Author |
: José-Antonio Orosco |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 169 |
Release |
: 2016-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780253023223 |
ISBN-13 |
: 025302322X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Toppling the Melting Pot by : José-Antonio Orosco
The catalyst for much of classical pragmatist political thought was the great waves of migration to the United States in the early twentieth century. José-Antonio Orosco examines the work of several pragmatist social thinkers, including John Dewey, W. E. B. Du Bois, Josiah Royce, and Jane Addams, regarding the challenges large-scale immigration brings to American democracy. Orosco argues that the ideas of the classical pragmatists can help us understand the ways in which immigrants might strengthen the cultural foundations of the United States in order to achieve a more deliberative and participatory democracy. Like earlier pragmatists, Orosco begins with a critique of the melting pot in favor of finding new ways to imagine the civic role of our immigrant population. He concludes that by applying the insights of American pragmatism, we can find guidance through controversial contemporary issues such as undocumented immigration, multicultural education, and racialized conceptions of citizenship.