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The liberatory thought of Martin Luther King Jr : critical essays on the philosopher King / edited by Robert E. Birt.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nonviolence--United States.
- Nonviolence.
- African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Philosophy.
- King, Martin Luther.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (382 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is an examination of the philosophical thought of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; an assessment of King's contribution to philosophy -especially ethics, social philosophy and philosophy of religion. It also explores the relevance of King's thought as "liberatory discourse", as insurgent thinking aimed at enabling contemporary human striving toward social justice.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: King within Philosophical Traditions; Chapter One: Is Our Belief That Martin Luther King Jr. Is a Black Philosopher Justified?; Chapter Two: Dr. King's Philosophy of Religion; Chapter Three: Dr. King as Liberation Theologian and Existential Philosopher; Chapter Four: The Philosopher King; Chapter Five: Martin Luther King Jr. as Social Movement Intellectual; 2: King as Engaged Social and Political Philosopher; Chapter Six: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Agapeand World House; Chapter Seven: King's Radical Vision of Community
- Chapter Eight: Martin Luther King Jr.3: King's Ethics of Nonviolence; Chapter Nine: King, Levinas, and the Praxis of Peace; Chapter Ten: Martin Luther King Jr. on Vietnam; Chapter Eleven: Martin Luther King Jr. and Frantz Fanon; Chapter Twelve: A Shocking Gap Made Visible; Chapter Thirteen: Socrates, Thoreau, Gandhi, and the Philosopher/Activist Dr. King; 4: Hope Resurgent or Dream Deferred: Perplexities of King's Philosophical Optimism; Chapter Fourteen: Hope and Disappointment in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Political Theology; Chapter Fifteen: The Aporia of Hope
- Chapter Sixteen: The Concept of Hope in the Thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-62459-1
- 0-7391-6554-2
- 9786613937049
- OCLC:
- 817815820
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