In a shade of blue : pragmatism and the politics of Black America / Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatism.

Dewey, John, 1859-1952.

Dewey, John.

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Summary:

In this timely book, one of the nation's rising young African-American intellectuals makes an impassioned plea for black America to address its current social problems, rather than focus on ideas and categories of the past.

Contents:

Tragedy and moral experience : John Dewey and Toni Morrison's Beloved

"Black and proud" : reconstructing black identity

"Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God" : the problem of history in black theology

Agency, slavery, and African American Christianity

Explicating black nationalism

The eclipse of a black public and the challenge of a post-soul politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-176) and index.

ISBN:

9780226298245

0226298248

OCLC:

74029223