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Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism
A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race, and the Spiritual Blues
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2019
Summary
Prophetic pragmatism is a gritty philosophical framework that undergirds the intellectual and political work done by those who seek to overcome despair, dogmatism, and oppression. It seeks to unite one’s intellectual vocation and one’s duty to fight for justice. Cognizant of the ways in which political forces affect thought, while also requiring political action to not be so sure of itself that it simply replaces one oppressive structure with another, prophetic pragmatism requires a critical temper through the mode of Socratic questioning. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism argues that hope lies between critical temper and democratic faith. Socratic questioning, prophetic witness, and tragicomic hope open a space for democratic energies to flourish against the forces of nihilism and poverty. Critical temper keeps democratic faith from becoming too idealistic and Pollyannaish, and democratic faith keeps critical temper from being pessimistic about the ability to change current realities. These twin pillars provide the best and most helpful framework for understanding the nature and purpose of prophetic pragmatism. Through their dialogue, Jacob L. Goodson and Brad Elliott demonstrate why prophetic pragmatism is, in the words of Cornel West, “pragmatism at its best.”
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Edition
1/2019
Copyright Year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-3996-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-3997-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
145
Product Type
Monograph
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Table of Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter One: Exploring the Twin Pillars of Prophetic Pragmatism No access
Chapter Two: Prophetic Pragmatism or Tragic Transcendentalism? No access
Chapter Three: Prophetic Pragmatism asPragmatism at Its Best No access
Chapter Four: Is Prophetic PragmatismMarxism at Its Best? No access
Chapter Five: Hope Against Hope No access
Chapter Six: Tragicomic Hope and theSpiritual-Blues Impulse No access
Chapter Seven: Can There Be Hope without Prophecy? No access
Chapter Eight: Three Prophetic Pragmatisms No access
