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Action and Aesthetics in the Tradition of American Political Thought
Tue, September 28, 2:00 to 3:30pm PDT (2:00 to 3:30pm PDT), TBASession Submission Type: Virtual Created Panel
Session Description
These four papers interpret the work of 19th- and 20th-century American philosophers, poets, and political theorists: Du Bois, Douglass, James, and Whitman. This panel is structured around the question of what moral, rhetorical, and political techniques we find in American political thought for coping with ongoing legacies of slavery, war, and political conflict.
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What a Riot! Activism, Moral Holidays, and the Carnival of Modern U.S. Democracy - Mary K Ryan, Washington & Jefferson College
Whitman's Undemocratic Vistas - Jack Turner, University of Washington
The Rhetorical Roots of Du Bois's Double-Consciousness - Rob Goodman, Ryerson University
Frederick Douglass and the Abolitionist State of Exception - Ian R. Zuckerman, Stanford University