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The Darkened Light of Faith
Melvin L. Rogers
Princeton University Press
https://press.princeton.edu
9780691219134, $35.00, HC, 400pp
https://www.amazon.com/Darkened-Light-Faith-Democracy-Political/dp/0691219133
Synopsis: Could the African American political tradition save American democracy? African Americans have had every reason to reject America's democratic experiment. Yet African American activists, intellectuals, and artists who have sought to transform the United States into a racially just society have put forward some of the most original and powerful ideas about how to make America live up to its democratic ideals.
With the publication of "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought", Melvin Rogers provides a bold new account of African American political thought through the works and lives of individuals who built this vital tradition -- a tradition that is urgently needed today.
"The Darkened Light of Faith" reexamines how figures as diverse as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Billie Holiday, and James Baldwin thought about the politics, people, character, and culture of a society that so often dominated them.
Sharing a light of faith darkened but not extinguished by the tragic legacy of slavery, these and others resisted the conclusion that America would always be committed to white supremacy. They believed that democracy is always in the process of becoming and that they could use it to reimagine society. But they also saw that achieving racial justice wouldn't absolve us of the darkest features of our shared past, and that democracy must be measured by how skillfully we confront a history that will forever remain with us.
An ambitious account of the profound ways African Americans have reimagined democracy, "The Darkened Light of Faith" offers invaluable lessons about how to grapple with racial injustice and make democracy work.
Critique: A seminal and ground-breaking study that is informative enhanced for the reader's benefit with the inclusion of seventy-six pages of Notes and a thirteen page Index, "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought" is a key and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and college/university library Political Philosophy, History, and Theory collections, and Contemporary African American Studies curriculum lists. It should be noted for students, academia, political activists, and governmental policy makers that "The Darkened Light of Faith" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $19.25) as well.
Editorial Note: Melvin L. Rogers (https://vivo.brown.edu/display/mrogers4) is Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University. He is also the author of "The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy", as well as co-editor of "African American Political Thought: A Collected History, and editor of John Dewey's The Public and Its Problems".
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
The Darkened Light of Faith
Melvin L. Rogers
Princeton University Press
https://press.princeton.edu
9780691219134, $35.00, HC, 400pp
https://www.amazon.com/Darkened-Light-Faith-Democracy-Political/dp/0691219133
Synopsis: Could the African American political tradition save American democracy? African Americans have had every reason to reject America's democratic experiment. Yet African American activists, intellectuals, and artists who have sought to transform the United States into a racially just society have put forward some of the most original and powerful ideas about how to make America live up to its democratic ideals.
With the publication of "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought", Melvin Rogers provides a bold new account of African American political thought through the works and lives of individuals who built this vital tradition -- a tradition that is urgently needed today.
"The Darkened Light of Faith" reexamines how figures as diverse as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Billie Holiday, and James Baldwin thought about the politics, people, character, and culture of a society that so often dominated them.
Sharing a light of faith darkened but not extinguished by the tragic legacy of slavery, these and others resisted the conclusion that America would always be committed to white supremacy. They believed that democracy is always in the process of becoming and that they could use it to reimagine society. But they also saw that achieving racial justice wouldn't absolve us of the darkest features of our shared past, and that democracy must be measured by how skillfully we confront a history that will forever remain with us.
An ambitious account of the profound ways African Americans have reimagined democracy, "The Darkened Light of Faith" offers invaluable lessons about how to grapple with racial injustice and make democracy work.
Critique: A seminal and ground-breaking study that is informative enhanced for the reader's benefit with the inclusion of seventy-six pages of Notes and a thirteen page Index, "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought" is a key and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and college/university library Political Philosophy, History, and Theory collections, and Contemporary African American Studies curriculum lists. It should be noted for students, academia, political activists, and governmental policy makers that "The Darkened Light of Faith" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $19.25) as well.
Editorial Note: Melvin L. Rogers (https://vivo.brown.edu/display/mrogers4) is Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University. He is also the author of "The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy", as well as co-editor of "African American Political Thought: A Collected History, and editor of John Dewey's The Public and Its Problems".
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
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