The Resource A political companion to Frederick Douglass, edited by Neil Roberts
A political companion to Frederick Douglass, edited by Neil Roberts
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- Summary
- Frederick Douglass (1818--1895) was a prolific writer and public speaker whose impact on American literature and history has been long studied by historians and literary critics. Yet as political theorists have focused on the legacies of such notables as W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, Douglass's profound influence on Afro-modern and American political thought has often been undervalued. In an effort to fill this gap in the scholarship on Douglass, editor Neil Roberts and an exciting group of established and rising scholars examine the author's autobiographies, essays, speeches, and novella. Together, they illuminate his genius for analyzing and articulating core American ideals such as independence, liberation, individualism, and freedom, particularly in the context of slavery. The contributors explore Douglass's understanding of the self-made American and the way in which he expanded the notion of individual potential by arguing that citizens had a responsibility to improve not only their own situations but also those of their communities. A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass also considers the idea of agency, investigating Douglass's passionate insistence that every person in a democracy, even a slave, possesses an innate ability to act. Various essays illuminate Douglass's complex racial politics, deconstructing what seems at first to be his surprising aversion to racial pride, and others explore and critique concepts of masculinity, gender, and judgment in his oeuvre. The volume concludes with a discussion of Douglass's contributions to pre-- and post--Civil War jurisprudence
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (452 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction: political thought in the shadow of Douglass / Neil Roberts
- Slavery, freedom, agency. Masters, mistresses, slaves, and the antinomies of modernity / Paul Gilroy
- The fight with Covey / Bernard R. Boxill
- Frederick Douglass's master-slave dialectic / Margaret Kohn
- Lectures on liberation / Angela Y. Davis
- Douglass's declarations of independence and practices of politics / Robert Gooding-Williams
- Judgment, intersectionality, human nature. Douglass and political judgment: the post-Reconstruction years / Jack Turner
- Black masculinity achieves nothing without restorative care: an intersectional rearticulation of Frederick Douglass / Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro
- "The human heart is a seat of constant war": Frederick Douglass on human nature / Nicholas Buccola
- Seed-time and harvest-time: natural law and rational hopefulness in Frederick Douglass's life and times / Peter C. Myers
- The affect of God's law / Vincent Lloyd
- Law-breaker: Frederick Douglass and the rule of law / Anne Norton
- Rhetoric, citizenship, democracy. Frederick Douglass / Herbert J. Storing
- Staging dissensus: Frederick Douglass and "We the people" / Jason Frank
- "A blending of opposite qualities": Frederick Douglass and the demands of democratic citizenship / Nick Bromell
- Isbn
- 9780813175645
- Label
- A political companion to Frederick Douglass
- Title
- A political companion to Frederick Douglass
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Neil Roberts
- Subject
-
- 1800-1899
- African American abolitionists
- African American abolitionists -- Biography
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Biographies
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Influence
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Political and social views
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | General
- History
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Political and social views
- Politik
- Race relations
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Frederick Douglass (1818--1895) was a prolific writer and public speaker whose impact on American literature and history has been long studied by historians and literary critics. Yet as political theorists have focused on the legacies of such notables as W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, Douglass's profound influence on Afro-modern and American political thought has often been undervalued. In an effort to fill this gap in the scholarship on Douglass, editor Neil Roberts and an exciting group of established and rising scholars examine the author's autobiographies, essays, speeches, and novella. Together, they illuminate his genius for analyzing and articulating core American ideals such as independence, liberation, individualism, and freedom, particularly in the context of slavery. The contributors explore Douglass's understanding of the self-made American and the way in which he expanded the notion of individual potential by arguing that citizens had a responsibility to improve not only their own situations but also those of their communities. A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass also considers the idea of agency, investigating Douglass's passionate insistence that every person in a democracy, even a slave, possesses an innate ability to act. Various essays illuminate Douglass's complex racial politics, deconstructing what seems at first to be his surprising aversion to racial pride, and others explore and critique concepts of masculinity, gender, and judgment in his oeuvre. The volume concludes with a discussion of Douglass's contributions to pre-- and post--Civil War jurisprudence
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 973.8092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E449.D75
- LC item number
- P65 2018eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Roberts, Neil
- Series statement
- Political companions to great American authors
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Douglass, Frederick
- Douglass, Frederick
- African American abolitionists
- Antislavery movements
- United States
- Douglass, Frederick
- Douglass, Frederick
- HISTORY
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- African American abolitionists
- Antislavery movements
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Political and social views
- Race relations
- United States
- Politik
- Label
- A political companion to Frederick Douglass, edited by Neil Roberts
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: political thought in the shadow of Douglass / Neil Roberts -- Slavery, freedom, agency. Masters, mistresses, slaves, and the antinomies of modernity / Paul Gilroy -- The fight with Covey / Bernard R. Boxill -- Frederick Douglass's master-slave dialectic / Margaret Kohn -- Lectures on liberation / Angela Y. Davis -- Douglass's declarations of independence and practices of politics / Robert Gooding-Williams -- Judgment, intersectionality, human nature. Douglass and political judgment: the post-Reconstruction years / Jack Turner -- Black masculinity achieves nothing without restorative care: an intersectional rearticulation of Frederick Douglass / Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro -- "The human heart is a seat of constant war": Frederick Douglass on human nature / Nicholas Buccola -- Seed-time and harvest-time: natural law and rational hopefulness in Frederick Douglass's life and times / Peter C. Myers -- The affect of God's law / Vincent Lloyd -- Law-breaker: Frederick Douglass and the rule of law / Anne Norton -- Rhetoric, citizenship, democracy. Frederick Douglass / Herbert J. Storing -- Staging dissensus: Frederick Douglass and "We the people" / Jason Frank -- "A blending of opposite qualities": Frederick Douglass and the demands of democratic citizenship / Nick Bromell
- Control code
- 1040592855
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (452 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813175645
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctv22tqzj
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1040592855
- Label
- A political companion to Frederick Douglass, edited by Neil Roberts
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: political thought in the shadow of Douglass / Neil Roberts -- Slavery, freedom, agency. Masters, mistresses, slaves, and the antinomies of modernity / Paul Gilroy -- The fight with Covey / Bernard R. Boxill -- Frederick Douglass's master-slave dialectic / Margaret Kohn -- Lectures on liberation / Angela Y. Davis -- Douglass's declarations of independence and practices of politics / Robert Gooding-Williams -- Judgment, intersectionality, human nature. Douglass and political judgment: the post-Reconstruction years / Jack Turner -- Black masculinity achieves nothing without restorative care: an intersectional rearticulation of Frederick Douglass / Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro -- "The human heart is a seat of constant war": Frederick Douglass on human nature / Nicholas Buccola -- Seed-time and harvest-time: natural law and rational hopefulness in Frederick Douglass's life and times / Peter C. Myers -- The affect of God's law / Vincent Lloyd -- Law-breaker: Frederick Douglass and the rule of law / Anne Norton -- Rhetoric, citizenship, democracy. Frederick Douglass / Herbert J. Storing -- Staging dissensus: Frederick Douglass and "We the people" / Jason Frank -- "A blending of opposite qualities": Frederick Douglass and the demands of democratic citizenship / Nick Bromell
- Control code
- 1040592855
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (452 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813175645
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctv22tqzj
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1040592855
Subject
- 1800-1899
- African American abolitionists
- African American abolitionists -- Biography
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Biographies
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Influence
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Political and social views
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | General
- History
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Political and social views
- Politik
- Race relations
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
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