Keywords:
African American intellectuals -- Attitudes
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Conservatism -- United States
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
In recent years, black neoconservatism has captured the national imagination. Clarence Thomas sits on the Supreme Court. Stephen Carter's opinions on topics ranging from religion to the confirmation process are widely quoted. The New Republic has written that black neoconservative Thomas Sowell was having a greater influence on the discussion of matters of race and ethnicity than any other writer of the past ten years. In this compelling and vividly argued book, Ronald Roberts reveals how this attention has turned an eccentricity into a movement. Black neoconservatives, Roberts believes, have
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (238 p.)
ISBN:
9780814774540
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=865855
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=865855
DDC:
347.3073534
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: The Tough Love Crowd: Disciplined Heroes; I The Truth Trap; 1 Reality: The Opium of Progressives; 2 Julien Benda's Constitution; II Tough Love U.S.A.; 3 Tough Love Literati; 4 Tough Love Economist; 5 Tough Love Lawyers; III Negro Crit Law; 6 Is Law Like a Friar's Roast?; 7 Can We Judge Judges?; IV Tough Love Judge; 8 Justice Thomas's Sins; V Tough Love International; 9 Sir Vidia Naipaul's Revolutionary Truth; Conclusion: What's So Scary about Partisanship?; Notes; Index;
