Stars and Shadows is the first work in American political history to offer a comprehensive historical view of how the often-overlooked virtue of friendship has come to shape the possibilities for democratic politics in America. Covering ten cases, Ambar's study illuminates how the personal bonds of friendship have proven critical to understanding the potential for a vigorous multiracial democracy over time. Ambar develops a working theory of multiracial democracy that demands more of us as citizens: a commitment to honestly engage one another, and perhaps most importantly, to engage our past with even greater courage and trust.…mehr
Stars and Shadows is the first work in American political history to offer a comprehensive historical view of how the often-overlooked virtue of friendship has come to shape the possibilities for democratic politics in America. Covering ten cases, Ambar's study illuminates how the personal bonds of friendship have proven critical to understanding the potential for a vigorous multiracial democracy over time. Ambar develops a working theory of multiracial democracy that demands more of us as citizens: a commitment to honestly engage one another, and perhaps most importantly, to engage our past with even greater courage and trust.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Saladin Ambar is Professor of Political Science and Senior Scholar at the Center on the American Governor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, where he teaches courses in American politics. He is the author of numerous books, including American Cicero: Mario Cuomo and the Defense of American Liberalism (Oxford) and Malcolm X at Oxford Union (Oxford), which was nominated for a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for best book in nonfiction, and is currently in development for a feature film by Number 9 Films in the UK.
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Introduction ONE: An Exchange of Letters: Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Banneker TWO: Three Meetings: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass THREE: Color Lines: William James and W.E.B. Du Bois FOUR: First Ladies: Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune FIVE: Veins: Shirley Jackson, Stanley Hyman, Ralph Ellison SIX: Scripts: Marlon Brando and James Baldwin SEVEN: Mocambo: Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald EIGHT: Riverside: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. NINE: Icons and Intersectionalities: Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis TEN: Conclusion: An Uncommon Bond: Joe Biden and Barack Obama
Introduction ONE: An Exchange of Letters: Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Banneker TWO: Three Meetings: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass THREE: Color Lines: William James and W.E.B. Du Bois FOUR: First Ladies: Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune FIVE: Veins: Shirley Jackson, Stanley Hyman, Ralph Ellison SIX: Scripts: Marlon Brando and James Baldwin SEVEN: Mocambo: Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald EIGHT: Riverside: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. NINE: Icons and Intersectionalities: Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis TEN: Conclusion: An Uncommon Bond: Joe Biden and Barack Obama
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