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The City on the Hill from Below: The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics
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The City on the Hill from Below: The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics Hardback - 2011

by Stephen Marshall

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Within the discipline of American political science and the field of political theory, African American prophetic political critique as a form of political theorizing has been largely neglected. Stephen Marshall, in "The City on the Hill from Below," interrogates the political thought of David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison to reveal a vital tradition of American political theorizing and engagement with an American political imaginary forged by the City on the Hill.

Originally articulated to describe colonial settlement, state formation, and national consolidation, the image of the City on the Hill has been transformed into one richly suited to assessing and transforming American political evil. "The City on the Hill from Below" shows how African American political thinkers appropriated and revised languages of biblical prophecy and American republicanism.

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  • Title The City on the Hill from Below: The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics
  • Author Stephen Marshall
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Temple University Press
  • Publication date 2011-06
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781439906552 / 1439906556
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.5 x 0.84 in (23.52 x 16.51 x 2.13 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government, African Americans - Politics and government
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010046507
  • Dewey Decimal Code 323.119

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The City on the Hill From Below: The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics

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