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- Introduction: Martin Luther King, Jr., and Political Philosophy [Brandon M. Terry and Tommie Shelby]
- I. Traditions
- 1. The Du Bois–Washington Debate and the Idea of Dignity [Robert Gooding-Williams]
- 2. Moral Perfectionism [Paul C. Taylor]
- 3. The Roots of Civil Disobedience in Republicanism and Slavery [Bernard R. Boxill]
- 4. Showdown for Nonviolence: The Theory and Practice of Nonviolent Politics [Karuna Mantena]
- II. Ideals
- 5. From Anger to Love: Self-Purification and Political Resistance [Martha C. Nussbaum]
- 6. The Prophetic Tension between Race Consciousness and the Ideal of Color-Blindness [Ronald Sundstrom]
- 7. Integration, Freedom, and the Affirmation of Life [Danielle Allen]
- 8. A Vindication of Voting Rights [Derrick Darby]
- III. Justice
- 9. Prisons of the Forgotten: Ghettos and Economic Injustice [Tommie Shelby]
- 10. Gender Trouble: Manhood, Inclusion, and Justice [Shatema Threadcraft and Brandon M. Terry]
- 11. Living “in the Red”: Time, Debt, and Justice [Lawrie Balfour]
- 12. The Costs of Violence: Militarism, Geopolitics, and Accountability [Lionel K. McPherson]
- IV. Conscience
- 13. The Path of Conscientious Citizenship [Michelle Moody-Adams]
- 14. Requiem for a Dream: The Problem-Space of Black Power [Brandon M. Terry]
- 15. Hope and Despair: Past and Present [Cornel West]
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- Afterword: Dignity as a Weapon of Love [Jonathan L. Walton]
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Index
To Shape a New World
Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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