{"product_id":"to-shape-a-new-world-essays-on-the-political-philosophy-of-martin-luther-king-jr","title":"To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King  Jr.","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin Luther King  Jr.  may be Americas most revered political figure  commemorated in statues  celebrations  and street names around the world. On the fiftieth anniversary of Kings assassination  the man and his activism are as close to public consciousness as ever. But despite his stature  the significance of Kings writings and political thought remains underappreciated.  In To Shape a New World  Tommie Shelby and Brandon Terry write that the marginalization of Kings ideas reflects a romantic  consensus history that renders the civil rights movement inherently conservativean effort not at radical reform but at living up to enduring ideals laid down by the nations founders. On this view  King marshaled lofty rhetoric to help redeem the ideas of universal (white) heroes  but produced little original thought. This failure to engage deeply and honestly with Kings writings allows him to be conscripted into political projects he would not endorse  including the pernicious form of color blindness that insists  amid glaring race-based injustice  that racism has been overcome.  Cornel West  Danielle Allen  Martha Nussbaum  Robert Gooding-Williams  and other authors join Shelby and Terry in careful  critical engagement with Kings understudied writings on labor and welfare rights  voting rights  racism  civil disobedience  nonviolence  economic inequality  poverty  love  just-war theory  virtue ethics  political theology  imperialism  nationalism  reparations  and social justice. In Kings exciting and learned work  the authors find an array of compelling challenges to some of the most pressing political dilemmas of our present  and rethink the legacy of this towering figure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985937854517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674980751","price":33.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674980754.jpg?v=1770878230","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/to-shape-a-new-world-essays-on-the-political-philosophy-of-martin-luther-king-jr","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}