Black nationalism in the United States : from Malcolm X to Barack Obama / James Lance Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, James Lance.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black nationalism--United States.

Black nationalism.

United States.

Black power--United States.

Black power.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

African American political activists.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African American leadership.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 415 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

From Malcolm X to Barack Obama

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011.

Summary:

Black nationalism. Is it an outdated political strategy? Or, as James Taylor argues in his rich, sweeping analysis, a logical response to the failure of post-civil rights politics? Taylor offers a provocative assessment of the contemporary relevance and interpretation of black nationalism as both a school of thought and a mode of mobilization. Fundamental to his analysis is the assertion that black nationalism should be understood not simply as a separatist movement -- the traditional conception -- but instead as a common-sense psychological orientation with long roots in US political history. Providing entirely new lines of insight and analysis, his work ranges from the religious foundations of black political ideologies to the nationalist sentiments of today's hip-hop generation.

Contents:

pt. 1. Foundations : Black political development in the United States ; A black sacred cosmos and the making of a black counterpublic ; The religious content of black political ideologies

pt. 2. Formulations : A genealogical inquiry into black nationalism ; Martin Robison Delany and the nationalism of ends ; David Walker and the politics of the black jeremiad

pt. 3. Transformations : Black power and the problem of black nationalism ; Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, and the haunting of America ; The black nationalism of the hip-hop generation

Timeline of key events.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-390) and index.

ISBN:

9781588267788

1588267784

OCLC:

644150053