{"product_id":"frederick-douglass-isbn-9780631205784","title":"Frederick Douglass","description":"In this powerful volume, 15 leading American philosophers examine and critically reassess Douglass's significance for contemporary social and political thought. \u003cp\u003ePhilosophically, Douglass's work sought to establish better ways of thinking, especially in the light of his convictions about our humanity and democratic legitimacy - convictions that were culturally and historically shaped by his experience of, and struggle against, the institution of American slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include Bernard R. Boxill, Angela Y. Davis, Lewis R. Gordon, Leonard Harris, Tommy L. Lott, Howard McGary, and John P. Pittman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Racial Assimilation And Emigration 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Natural Law And American's Founding Documents 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Enlightenment And Enslavement 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Moral Suasion And Rebellion 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: Incarcerating And Lynching Black Bodies 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VI: Douglass (1818-95): One Hundred Years Later 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 395\u003c\/p\u003e \"Frederick Douglass and his writings shine as beacons of freedom and hope. Bill Lawson and Frank Kirkland have put us in their debt for commissioning - from the best minds practicing philosophy in the African-American traditions - powerful essays on the philosophical significance of Douglass's work. The book will invigorate Douglass scholarship and philosophy, and fan the embers of our love of freedom and hope.\" \u003ci\u003eEmmanuel Eze, Bucknell University\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eBill E. Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. His area of research is African-American Social and Political Philosophy and the theory of social contract. He has published numerous articles as well as two books, \u003ci\u003eThe Underclass Question\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of writings by African-American philosophers on the issue of the \"urban underclass\", and \u003ci\u003eBetween Slavery and Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e (with Howard McGary), an examination of ethical issues in the American slavery experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank M. Kirkland\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and at the Graduate Centre, both of the City University of New York. He has published a variety of scholarly articles on Kant, Hegel, and Husserl, as well as on the urban underclass and the relation of modernity to African American life. He has also edited a collection of essays entitled \u003ci\u003ePhenomenology, East and West.\u003c\/i\u003e He is currently completing a scholarly monograph, \u003ci\u003eHegel and Husserl: Idealist Meditations.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  In this powerful volume, 15 leading American philosophers examine and critically reassess Douglass's significance for contemporary social and political thought. \u003cp\u003ePhilosophically, Douglass's work sought to establish better ways of thinking, especially in the light of his convictions about our humanity and democratic legitimacy - convictions that were culturally and historically shaped by his experience of, and struggle against, the institution of American slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include Bernard R. Boxill, Angela Y. Davis, Lewis R. Gordon, Leonard Harris, Tommy L. Lott, Howard McGary, and John P. Pittman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989242757349,"sku":"NP9780631205784","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631205784.jpg?v=1761783348","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/frederick-douglass-isbn-9780631205784","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}