Prophet of discontent : Martin Luther King Jr. and the critique of racial capitalism / Andrew J. Douglas, Jared A. Loggins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Andrew J., 1980- author.

Loggins, Jared A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Political and social views.

King, Martin Luther.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Capitalism--Social aspects--United States.

Capitalism.

Race relations.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Political and social views.

United States--Race relations--Economic aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 136 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2021.

Summary:

Many of today's insurgent Black movements call for an end to racial capitalism. They take aim at policing and mass incarceration, the racial partitioning of workplaces and residential communities, the expropriation and underdevelopment of Black populations at home and abroad. Scholars and activists increasingly regard these practices as essential technologies of capital accumulation, evidence that capitalist societies past and present enshrine racial inequality as a matter of course.0In Prophet of Discontent, Andrew J. Douglas and Jared A. Loggins invoke contemporary discourse on racial capitalism in a powerful reassessment of Martin Luther King Jr.'s thinking and legacy. Like today's organizers, King was more than a dreamer. He knew that his call for a "radical revolution of values" was complicated by the production and circulation of value under capitalism. He knew that the movement to build the beloved community required sophisticated analyses of capitalist imperialism, state violence, and racial formations, as well as unflinching solidarity with the struggles of the Black working class. Shining new light on King's largely implicit economic and political theories, and expanding appreciation of the Black radical tradition to which he belonged, Douglas and Loggins reconstruct, develop, and carry forward King's strikingly prescient critique of capitalist society.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One "The Trouble Is...": On Critique and Tradition

ch. Two "The Other America": On the Method of Dissatisfaction

ch. Three "Something Is Wrong with Capitalism": On the Revolution of Values

ch. Four "Showdown for Nonviolence": On Black Radicalism and the Antipolitical

ch. Five "Liberated Grounds on Which to Gather": On Black Study and the Afterlives of King's Critique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

082036018X

9780820360188

0820360171

9780820360171

OCLC:

1253354345