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The powers of dignity : the black political philosophy of Frederick Douglass / Nick Bromell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bromell, Nicholas Knowles, author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Political and social views.
- Douglass, Frederick.
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Philosophy.
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
- African American abolitionists.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Race relations.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- Political and social views.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- data file
- Summary:
- "Nick Bromell examines how Frederick Douglass forged a distinctively black political philosophy out of his experiences as an enslaved and later nominally free man in ways that challenge Anglo-Continental traditions of political thought."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "The Thing Looked Absurd!"
- "To Become a Colored Man": The Emergence of Douglass's Political Philosophy in the Antebellum Black Public Sphere
- "A Fixed Principle of Honesty": The Method and Style of Douglass's Political Thinking
- "Everything in This World Is Relative": Douglass's Positions on Black Emigration and Violence
- "A Living Root, Not a Twig Broken Off": Douglass's Political Thought and His Constitutionalism
- Political Awakening and Resistant Vulnerability in My Bondage and My Freedom
- "Nothing Less Than a Radical Revolution": Combating Antiblack Racism after the Civil War
- "Strange, Mysterious, and Indescribable": Douglass's Fugitive Political Philosophy with Soul.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bromell, Nicholas Knowles. Powers of dignity.
- ISBN:
- 9781478012801
- 1478012803
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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