Frederick Douglass
A Critical Reader
Blackwell Critical Reader
1. Auflage Dezember 1998
426 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-20577-7
John Wiley & Sons
In this powerful volume, 15 leading American philosophers examine
and critically reassess Douglass's significance for contemporary
social and political thought.
Philosophically, Douglass's work sought to establish better ways
of thinking, especially in the light of his convictions about our
humanity and democratic legitimacy - convictions that were
culturally and historically shaped by his experience of, and
struggle against, the institution of American slavery.
Contributors include Bernard R. Boxill, Angela Y. Davis, Lewis
R. Gordon, Leonard Harris, Tommy L. Lott, Howard McGary, and John
P. Pittman.
Acknowledgments.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction.
Part I: Racial Assimilation And Emigration:.
1. Douglass against the Emigrationists: Bernard R. Boxill.
2. Douglass on Racial Assimilation and Racial Institutions:
Howard McGary.
3. Douglass's Assimilationism: John P. Pittman.
Part II: Natural Law And American's Founding
Documents:.
4. Natural Law in the Constitutional Thought of Frederick
Douglass: David E. Schrader.
5. Whose Fourth of July? Frederick Douglass and 'Original
Intent': Charles W. Mills.
Part III: Enlightenment And Enslavement:.
6. The Claims of Frederick Douglass Philosophically Considered:
Roderick M. Stewart.
7. The Grammar of Civilization: Douglass and Crummell on Doing
Things with Words: Stephen L. Thompson.
Part IV: Moral Suasion And Rebellion:.
8. Douglass as an Existentialist: Lewis R. Gordon.
9. Honor of Insurrection or A short Story about why John Brown
(with David Walker's Spirit) was Right and Frederick Douglass (with
Benjamin Banneker's Spirit) was Wrong: Leonard Harris.
10. Enslavement, Moral Suasion, and Struggles for Recognition:
Frederick Douglass's Answer to the question - 'What is
Enlightenment?': Frank M. Kirkland.
Part V: Incarcerating And Lynching Black Bodies:.
11. Douglass on the Myth of the Black Rapist: Tommy L. Lott.
12. From the Prison of Slavery to the Slavery of Prisons:
Frederick Douglass and the Convict Release System: Angela Y.
Davis.
Part VI: Douglass (1818-95): One Hundred Years
Later:.
13. Frederick Douglass and Racial Progress: Does Race Matter at
the Bottom of the Well?: Bill E. Lawson.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction.
Part I: Racial Assimilation And Emigration:.
1. Douglass against the Emigrationists: Bernard R. Boxill.
2. Douglass on Racial Assimilation and Racial Institutions:
Howard McGary.
3. Douglass's Assimilationism: John P. Pittman.
Part II: Natural Law And American's Founding
Documents:.
4. Natural Law in the Constitutional Thought of Frederick
Douglass: David E. Schrader.
5. Whose Fourth of July? Frederick Douglass and 'Original
Intent': Charles W. Mills.
Part III: Enlightenment And Enslavement:.
6. The Claims of Frederick Douglass Philosophically Considered:
Roderick M. Stewart.
7. The Grammar of Civilization: Douglass and Crummell on Doing
Things with Words: Stephen L. Thompson.
Part IV: Moral Suasion And Rebellion:.
8. Douglass as an Existentialist: Lewis R. Gordon.
9. Honor of Insurrection or A short Story about why John Brown
(with David Walker's Spirit) was Right and Frederick Douglass (with
Benjamin Banneker's Spirit) was Wrong: Leonard Harris.
10. Enslavement, Moral Suasion, and Struggles for Recognition:
Frederick Douglass's Answer to the question - 'What is
Enlightenment?': Frank M. Kirkland.
Part V: Incarcerating And Lynching Black Bodies:.
11. Douglass on the Myth of the Black Rapist: Tommy L. Lott.
12. From the Prison of Slavery to the Slavery of Prisons:
Frederick Douglass and the Convict Release System: Angela Y.
Davis.
Part VI: Douglass (1818-95): One Hundred Years
Later:.
13. Frederick Douglass and Racial Progress: Does Race Matter at
the Bottom of the Well?: Bill E. Lawson.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
"Frederick Douglass and his writings shine as beacons of freedom and hope. Bill Lawson and Frank Kirkland have put us in their debt for commissioning - from the best minds practicing philosophy in the African-American traditions - powerful essays on the philosophical significance of Douglass's work. The book will invigorate Douglass scholarship and philosophy, and fan the embers of our love of freedom and hope." Emmanuel Eze, Bucknell University
Bill E. Lawson is Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State
University. His area of research is African-American Social and
Political Philosophy and the theory of social contract. He has
published numerous articles as well as two books, The Underclass
Question, an anthology of writings by African-American
philosophers on the issue of the "urban underclass", and Between
Slavery and Freedom (with Howard McGary), an examination of
ethical issues in the American slavery experience.
Frank M. Kirkland is Associate Professor of Philosophy at
Hunter College and at the Graduate Centre, both of the City
University of New York. He has published a variety of scholarly
articles on Kant, Hegel, and Husserl, as well as on the urban
underclass and the relation of modernity to African American life.
He has also edited a collection of essays entitled
Phenomenology, East and West. He is currently completing a
scholarly monograph, Hegel and Husserl: Idealist
Meditations.
University. His area of research is African-American Social and
Political Philosophy and the theory of social contract. He has
published numerous articles as well as two books, The Underclass
Question, an anthology of writings by African-American
philosophers on the issue of the "urban underclass", and Between
Slavery and Freedom (with Howard McGary), an examination of
ethical issues in the American slavery experience.
Frank M. Kirkland is Associate Professor of Philosophy at
Hunter College and at the Graduate Centre, both of the City
University of New York. He has published a variety of scholarly
articles on Kant, Hegel, and Husserl, as well as on the urban
underclass and the relation of modernity to African American life.
He has also edited a collection of essays entitled
Phenomenology, East and West. He is currently completing a
scholarly monograph, Hegel and Husserl: Idealist
Meditations.