To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited with Brandon M. Terry (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018).
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“King’s theology, philosophy, and nonviolent prophetic engagement are needed now more than any time since his death. In his last speech, Dr. King said that when it comes to the struggle for love and justice, ‘nothing would be more tragic than for us to turn back now.’ We must embrace his challenge in this moment and commit to go forward together, not one step back.”—Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
“This is a powerful and invaluable collection of essays on Dr. King. I hope it will inspire an entirely new generation of readers to go back and immerse themselves in Dr. King’s language and thought and hear and heed his prophetic voice.”—Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children’s Defense Fund “To Shape a New World firmly situates Dr. King in the canon of American political thought. An extraordinary group of scholars grapple with the subtlety and nuance of King’s political philosophy, and they set the stage for a renewed engagement with his broader work. This is a must-read in our time.”—Eddie S. Glaude, Princeton University “To Shape a New World is a milestone in the study of Martin Luther King, Jr., essentially a sanctified figure in American life, whose actual ideas are rarely interrogated in any depth, either in the public realm or in academic circles. What makes this volume particularly striking is the exceptionally high quality of the essays, which are analytically rigorous, impressively researched, and often profoundly original. They highlight the limits of common narratives about King and the civil rights movement, showing the shifts in his own thinking and the unconventional nature of many of his arguments. This is a path-breaking book.”—Aziz Rana, Cornell University |
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We Who Are Dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005).
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Vasti Roodt, Ethical Perspectives (2006).
Sharin N. Elkholy, Metapsychology (2006).
Makani Themba-Nixon, Colorlines (2006).
Paul C. Taylor, Social Theory and Practice (2007).
Ina Kerner, Constellations (2007).
Neil Roberts, Souls (2007).
Eric Ishiwata, Political Theory (2007).
Brian Sinche, H-Net Reviews (2007).
J. L. A. Garcia in Ethics (2008).
Dwayne A. Tunstall, Essays in Philosophy (2008).
Patricia Hill Collins, Social Forces (2009).
Hortense Spillers, boundary 2 (2009).
Hip Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason, edited with Derrick Darby (Open Court, 2005).
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"Cicero said Socrates turned our attention from the heavens to earth. William James noted that pragmatism took philosophy from the academy to the streets. This path-blazing book begins and ends with the language and realities of the streets--especially the mean streets of the downtrodden yet creative demos in postmodern America. Does not the love of wisdom require that we interrogate in a Socratic way the voices and views that have emerged from the killing fields and gangsterized hoods of the American empire?"
--Cornel West From the Foreword. |