The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution: Comparing Karl Marx and Frederick Douglass in Real-Time (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004706378)

Nimtz's and Edwards's real-time comparative political analysis offers a unique look at two historically consequential figures with two very different theoretical and political perspectives, both of whom expertly examined the most contentious issue of the nineteenth century. By juxtaposing the political thought and activism of Karl Marx and Frederick Douglass, Nimtz and Edwards are able to make insightful observations and conclusions about race and class in America. The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal reveals how two still competing political perspectives, liberalism and Marxism, performed when the biggest breakthrough for the millennial-old democratic quest after the French Revolution occurred - the abolition of chattel slavery in the United States. In so doing, it presents potential lessons for today.

Author: August H. Nimtz, Kyle A. Edwards
ISBN-10: 9004706372
ISBN-13: 9789004706378
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2024
Pages: 425
Format: Hardcover