From Emerson to King : democracy, race, and the politics of protest
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
257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780195109153, 0195109155
36103646
Introduction: Reconciling Race and Rights
1. Defining the Public: Representative Men
2. Property and the Body in Nature
3. The Poetics of Contradiction: Religious and Political Emblems in "The American Scholar"
4. "Self-Reliance": The Ethical Demand for Reform
5. Locating the Limits of Consent in "Friendship"
6. The Claims of Double-Consciousness: Race, Nationalism, and the Problem of Political Obligation
7. W.E.B. Du Bois and the Critique of Liberal Nationalism
8. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Publicity, Disobedience, and the Revitalization of American Democratic Culture