{"product_id":"the-political-thought-of-frederick-douglass-in-pursuit-of-american-liberty-paperback-softback-9781479867493","title":"The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass; In Pursuit of American Liberty (Paperback \/ softback) 9781479867493","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Political Thought of Frederick Douglass\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIn Pursuit of American Liberty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicholas Buccola (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479867493\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e225 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Buccola offers a nuanced portrait that illuminates both Douglass and his place in American intellectual history.\" - Damon W. Root,Reason Magazine \"Looking broadly and deeply into Douglass's reflections on the requisites and moral purposes of liberal democracy, Buccola amplifies our understanding of Douglass's normative political imagination and skillfully demonstrates that Douglass also appreciated how a free society is nurtured and sustained by a moral ecology of personal courage, moral responsibility, and civic virtue.\" - Thomas A. Spragens, Jr.,author of Civic Liberalism: Reflections on Our Democratic Ideals \"Nicholas Buccola's rich study of Frederick Douglass recognizes that the natural law teachings of the Declaration provided one of several foundations for Douglass' political thought.\" - Mark A. Graber,Tulsa Law Review \"Frederick Douglass was a slave, abolitionist, and activist whose most enduring contribution to American history may have been his liberal political theory. Douglass drew on his experiences as a slave to articulate a version of liberalism that contained the basic Lockean, liberal elements but also promoted an ethic of mutual responsibility. That ethic was the basis for Douglasss devotion to community, democracy, and state intervention to create a suitable moral ecology for liberal citizens. It was also a platform for expressing his distrust for gross inequalities issuing from the marketplace. The Political Thought of Frederick Douglassprovides insights not only into Douglasss nineteenth-century theory; it serves as a roadmap for navigating ongoing tensions that persist in twenty-first-century liberalism.\" - Mark E. Kann,author of Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy \"Nicholas Buccola's well-conceived, well-researched, and well-argued new study stands out in an increasingly crowded field of work on Frederick Douglass. Displaying a thorough familiarity with Douglass's published and unpublished works and an impressive erudition in his command of pertinent scholarship, Buccola makes a balanced, judicious, innovative case for Douglass's enduring vitality, in particular as a guide for both liberals and communitarians in their ongoing debates about individual rights and civic obligations.\" - Peter C. Myers,author of Frederick Douglass: Race and the Rebirth of American Liberalism \"Douglass seems to have been a much more thoughtful, nuanced political thinker and agitator,\" as he sometimes called himself, than we are used to today. He offered vibrant political and moral arguments, not sound bites. Buccola helps us understand how and why those arguments proved to be so powerful.\" (Santa Clara Magazine) \"This is a well-written, incisive work that illuminates Frederick Douglass as an activist and political philosopher.\" (CHOICE)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2013 Finalist, 26th Annual Oregon Best Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Normal\u003cbr\u003e 0\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MicrosoftInternetExplorer4\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\u003cbr\u003e \/* Style Definitions *\/\u003cbr\u003e table.MsoNormalTable\u003cbr\u003e {mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\u003cbr\u003e mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\u003cbr\u003e mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\u003cbr\u003e mso-style-noshow:yes;\u003cbr\u003e mso-style-parent:\"\";\u003cbr\u003e mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\u003cbr\u003e mso-para-margin:0in;\u003cbr\u003e mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\u003cbr\u003e mso-pagination:widow-orphan;\u003cbr\u003e font-size:10.0pt;\u003cbr\u003e font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\u003cbr\u003e Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent figures in\u003cbr\u003e African-American and United States\u003cbr\u003e history, was born a slave, but escaped to the North and became a well-known\u003cbr\u003e anti-slavery activist, orator, and author. In The Political Thought of\u003cbr\u003e Frederick Douglass, Nicholas Buccola provides an important and original\u003cbr\u003e argument about the ideas that animated this reformer-statesman. Beyond his role\u003cbr\u003e as an abolitionist, Buccola argues for the importance of understanding Douglass\u003cbr\u003e as a political thinker who provides deep insights into the immense challenge of\u003cbr\u003e achieving and maintaining the liberal promise of freedom. Douglass, Buccola\u003cbr\u003e contends, shows us that the language of rights must be coupled with a robust\u003cbr\u003e understanding of social responsibility in order for liberal ideals to be\u003cbr\u003e realized. Truly an original American thinker, this book highlights Douglass's\u003cbr\u003e rightful place among the great thinkers in the American liberal tradition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Podcast — Nicholas Buccola on Frederick Douglass and Liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595416793368,"sku":"9781479867493","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-political-thought-of-frederick-douglass-in-pursuit-of-american-liberty-paperback-softback-9781479867493","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}