An Emancipation Of The Mind Radical Philosophy The War Over Slavery And The Refounding Of America

Author : Matthew Stewart
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781324003632

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An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America by Matthew Stewart Pdf

How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders’ oligarchy in the Civil War. This is a story about a dangerous idea—one which ignited revolutions in America, France, and Haiti; burst across Europe in the revolutions of 1848; and returned to inflame a new generation of intellectuals to lead the abolition movement—the idea that all men are created equal. In their struggle against the slaveholding oligarchy of their time, America’s antislavery leaders found their way back to the rationalist, secularist, and essentially atheist inspiration for the first American Revolution. Frederick Douglass’s unusual interest in radical German philosophers and Abraham Lincoln’s buried allusions to the same thinkers are but a few of the clues that underlie this propulsive philosophical detective story. With fresh takes on forgotten thinkers like Theodore Parker, the excommunicated Unitarian minister who is the original source of some of Lincoln’s most famous lines, and a feisty band of German refugees, philosopher and historian Matthew Stewart tells a vivid and piercing story of the battle between America’s philosophical radicals and the conservative counterrevolution that swept the American republic in the first decades of its existence and persists in new forms up to the present day. In exposing the role of Christian nationalism and the collusion between northern economic elites and slaveholding oligarchs, An Emancipation of the Mind demands a significant revision in our understanding of the origins and meaning of the struggle over slavery in America—and offers a fresh perspective on struggles between democracy and elite power today.

Author : Harold Holzer,Sara Vaughn Gabbard
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0809327643

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Lincoln and Freedom by Harold Holzer,Sara Vaughn Gabbard Pdf

Lincoln’s reelection in 1864 was a pivotal moment in the history of the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation had officially gone into effect on January 1, 1863, and the proposed Thirteenth Amendment had become a campaign issue. Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment captures these historic times, profiling the individuals, events, and enactments that led to slavery’s abolition. Fifteen leading Lincoln scholars contribute to this collection, covering slavery from its roots in 1619 Jamestown, through the adoption of the Constitution, to Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. This comprehensive volume, edited by Harold Holzer and Sara Vaughn Gabbard, presents Abraham Lincoln’s response to the issue of slavery as politician, president, writer, orator, and commander-in-chief. Topics include the history of slavery in North America, the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision, the evolution of Lincoln’s view of presidential powers, the influence of religion on Lincoln, and the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation. This collection effectively explores slavery as a Constitutional issue, both from the viewpoint of the original intent of the nation’s founders as they failed to deal with slavery, and as a study of the Constitutional authority of the commander-in-chief as Lincoln interpreted it. Addressed are the timing of Lincoln’s decision for emancipation and its effect on the public, the military, and the slaves themselves. Other topics covered include the role of the U.S. Colored Troops, the election campaign of 1864, and the legislative debate over the Thirteenth Amendment. The volume concludes with a heavily illustrated essay on the role that iconography played in forming and informing public opinion about emancipation and the amendments that officially granted freedom and civil rights to African Americans. Lincoln and Freedom provides a comprehensive political history of slavery in America and offers a rare look at how Lincoln’s views, statements, and actions played a vital role in the story of emancipation.

Author : I. Aranyosi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137280329

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God, Mind and Logical Space by I. Aranyosi Pdf

The book offers a novel approach to the idea of divinity in guise of a philosophical doctrine called 'Logical Pantheism', according to which the only way to establish the existence of God undeniably is by equating God with Logical Space.

Author : Hannah Spahn
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813951201

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Black Reason, White Feeling by Hannah Spahn Pdf

The vital influence of Black American intellectuals on the legacy of Thomas Jefferson’s ideas The lofty Enlightenment principles articulated by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, so central to conceptions of the American founding, did not emerge fully formed as a coherent set of ideas in the eighteenth century. As Hannah Spahn argues in this important book, no group had a more profound influence on their development and reception than Black intellectuals. The rationalism and universalism most associated with Jefferson today, she shows, actually sprang from critical engagements with his thought by writers such as David Walker, Lemuel Haynes, Frederick Douglass, and W. E. B. Du Bois. Black Reason, White Feeling illuminates the philosophical innovations that these and other Black intellectuals made to build on Jefferson’s thought, shaping both Jefferson’s historical image and the exalted legacy of his ideas in American culture. It is not just the first book-length history of Jefferson’s philosophy in Black thought; it is also the first history of the American Enlightenment that centers the originality and decisive impact of the Black tradition.

Author : Jonathan Israel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691152608

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A Revolution of the Mind by Jonathan Israel Pdf

Declaration of Human Rights.

Author : Amélie Rorty
Publisher : Beacon Press (MA)
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015015161923

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Mind in Action by Amélie Rorty Pdf

Author : Uwe Steinhoff
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191527180

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On the Ethics of War and Terrorism by Uwe Steinhoff Pdf

In this book Uwe Steinhoff describes and explains the basic tenets of just war theory and gives a precise, succinct and highly critical account of its present status and of the most important and controversial current debates surrounding it. Rejecting certain in effect medieval assumptions of traditional just war theory and advancing a liberal outlook, Steinhoff argues that every single individual is a legitimate authority and has under certain circumstances the right to declare war on others or the state. He also argues that the just cause cannot be established independently of the other criteria of jus ad bellum (the justification of entering a war), except for right intention, which he interprets more leniently than the tradition does. Turning to jus in bello (which governs the conduct of a war) he criticises the Doctrine of Double Effect and concludes that insofar as wars kill innocents, and be it as "collateral damage", they cannot be just but at best justified as the lesser evil. Steinhoff gives particular attention to the question why soldiers, allegedly, are legitimate targets and civilians not. Discussing four approaches to the explanation of the difference he argues that the four principles underlying them all need to be taken into account and outlines how their weighing can proceed if applied to concrete cases. The resulting approach does not square the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate targets with the distinction between soldiers and civilians, which has extremely important consequences for the conduct of war. Finally, Steinhoff analyses the concept of terrorism and argues that some forms of "terrorism" are actually no terrorism at all and that even terrorism proper can under certain circumstances be justified. This book is a project of the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.

Author : Nicholas Jolley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199669554

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Causality and Mind by Nicholas Jolley Pdf

This text presents 17 of Nicholas Jolley's essays on early modern philosophy. They focus on two main themes: the debate over the nature of causality; and the issues posed by Descartes' innovations in the philosophy of mind. Together, they show that philosophers in the period are systematic critics of their contemporaries and predecessors.

Author : Stephen M. Griffin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674074453

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Long Wars and the Constitution by Stephen M. Griffin Pdf

Extension of presidential leadership in foreign affairs to war powers has destabilized our constitutional order and deranged our foreign policy. Stephen M. Griffin shows unexpected connections between the imperial presidency and constitutional crises, and argues for accountability by restoring Congress to a meaningful role in decisions for war.

Author : Ira Berlin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674286085

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The Long Emancipation by Ira Berlin Pdf

Ira Berlin offers a framework for understanding slavery’s demise in the United States. Emancipation was not an occasion but a century-long process of brutal struggle by generations of African Americans who were not naive about the price of freedom. Just as slavery was initiated and maintained by violence, undoing slavery also required violence.

Author : Jonathan Strauss
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780823233793

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Human Remains by Jonathan Strauss Pdf

The living and the dead cohabited Paris until the late 18th century, when, in the name of public health, measures were taken to drive the latter from the city. Cemeteries were removed from urban space, and corpses started to be viewed as terrifyingly noxious substances. Working across a broad range of disciplines this book seeks to understand the meaning of the dead and their role in creating one of the most important cities of the contemporary world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105071212372

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The Writers Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Labor unions
ISBN : UIUC:30112033755809

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The Seamen's Journal by Anonim Pdf