Black nationalism in the United States
Subtitle: from Malcolm X to Barack Obama
By: by James Lance Taylor
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9781588267788
Description: Black nationalism. Is it an outdated political strategy? Or, as James Taylor argues in his rich, sweeping analysis, a logical response to the failure of post-civil rights politics? Taylor offers a provocative assessment of the contemporary relevance and interpretation of black nationalism as both a school of thought and a mode of mobilization. Fundamental to his analysis is the assertion that black nationalism should be understood not simply as a separatist movement--the traditional conception--but instead as a common-sense psychological orientation with long roots in U.S. political history. Providing entirely new lines of insight and analysis, his work ranges from the religious foundations of black political ideologies to the nationalist sentiments of today's hip-hop generation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.