The City on the Hill from Below: The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781439906552)

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.

Author: Stephen Marshall
ISBN-10: 1439906556
ISBN-13: 9781439906552
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2011
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.50w x 0.84d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2012