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Booker T. Washington’s famous 1901 memoir, Up From Slavery,
charts Washington’s rise from an enslaved child with a passion
for learning to the nation’s most prominent Black educator and
first president of Tuskegee University. A tireless advocate for
Black economic independence, Washington attempted to balance his
public acceptance of segregation with behind-the-scenes lobbying
against voter disenfranchisement and financing anti–Jim Crow
court cases. His memoir is both a crucial American document and an
exercise in understanding the “double consciousness†coined by
W.E.B. DuBois, himself one of Washington’s most vocal critics.
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Character and Culture by Irving Babbitt is the latest volume in
the Library of Conservative Thought. Babbitt was the leader of the
twentieth-century intellectual and cultural movement called
American Humanism or the New Humanism. More than half a century
after his death his intellectual staying power remains
undiminished. The qualities that marked Irving Babbitt as a thinker
and cultural critic of the first rank are richly represented in
"Character and Culture. "First published togetherin 1940 (under the
misleading title "Spanish Character), "these essays span his
scholarly career and cover a wide range of subjects. The diverse
topics discussed here--aesthetics, ethics, religion, politics,
literature--are illuminated by the same unifying vision of human
existence that informs and structures all of Babbitt's writing.
Babbitt never took up a subject out of idle curiosity. All of
his books and articles grew out of a desire to address certain
fundamental questions of life and letters. The essaysin this volume
are as worthy of attention now as when they were originally
written. Set in then- philosophical and historical context by Claes
G. Ryn's new introduction, they are a good place to start for
persons who wish to acquaint themselves not only with Babbitt's
central ideas but with the scope of his mind and interests. Readers
familiar with other books by Babbitt may recognize particular ideas
and formulations but will also find much new material to
ponder.
Ryn's introduction provides a comprehensive look at Irving
Babbitt's life, career, writings, and influence. He shows how
Babbitt has survived and sustained often harsh criticism from
representatives of dominant trends. Ryn describes his writing style
as having "a kind of rugged American elegance." The substantial
critical introduction also elucidates Babbitt's central ideas in
relation to the volume. "Character and Culture "will be of interest
to scholars of literature, philosophers, historians, theologians,
and political theorists. The extensive index to all of Babbitt's
books, including this one, increases the value of the volume.
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From a child slave put to hard labor to a college president and
advisor to presidents, Booker T. Washington's autobiography
powerfully describes his journey and what it taught him about the
possible future of Blacks in the United States. This autobiography
is a cornerstone work of African-American literature. Washington
tells of his experience in bondage as a child-slave, the hard labor
he performed in salt mines post-slavery, and the role of his mother
in demonstrating the strength and values that enabled him to
continue to strive and rise above these often brutal circumstances.
His hard-won education led him to become a teacher and build
Tuskegee University with bare minimum resources, much of it
literally one brick at a time. Despite these challenges, and
encountering white opposition to the very concept of educating
blacks, Washington believed that failing to make the university a
reality would be a disservice to blacks nationwide. Inspiring
throughout, the author advocates self-reliance through productive
work, community service, and perseverance, and without bravado
presents himself as a worthy example of how successful this path
can be. His book still generates controversy as his conception of
the rise of blacks through personal industry, leading gradually to
their advancement in society, was deemed by some to be a slow and
costly compromise. Others saw it as an example of pragmatic realism
borne of necessity in the Reconstruction era South. Regardless of
latter-day interpretations, Up From Slavery is a powerful document
of how one man rose to prominence against terrible odds, then used
his success and fame in a sustained attempt to better the lives of
his fellows. This is an indispensable document of Black lives in an
era scarcely more than 100 years in the past and its account of
courage and dedication will not be forgotten. With an eye-catching
new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of
Up From Slavery is both modern and readable.
This biography, written by Booker T. Washington, one of most
important post-Civil War African-American thinkers, is an account
of the life and career of Frederick Douglass. The biographical
account is set within a nation struggling to solve one of the most
excruciating social problems that any modern people facedslavery.
This volume encompasses the experiences of Frederick Douglass as a
slave and then as a public man, through the anti-slavery movement,
the Civil War, and the period of reconstruction. Douglass's fame as
a speaker was secure. His position as the champion of an oppressed
race was, in his own generation, as picturesque as it was unique.
From the blight of slavery, Douglass emerged, passed through, and
triumphed over the lingering prejudice that he encountered as a
freeman. Like the author of his biography, Douglass seized his
place in history. His life is an epic, one that finds few to equal
it in the realms of either romance or reality. Douglass was a role
model to the author, and his early narrative was a guide to black
and white people alike. Among the subjects covered are the Genesis
of the Anti-Slavery Agitation, the Fugitive Slave Law, the
Underground Railway, the American Colonization Society, the
Conflict in Kansas for Free Soil, the John Brown Raid, the Civil
War, the Enlistment of Colored Troops, and Reconstruction.
A compilation of more than 30 addresses from Booker T. Washington
explaining the importance of personal responsibility,
self-reflection and economic independence in the Black community.
Character Building is an inspiring series of anecdotes that speak
to the issues of his contemporary audience. Booker T. Washington
was a strong supporter of education and entrepreneurship among
African Americans. He believed a degree or certification could
provide access and elevate one's social and economic status. In
Character Building, he provides his basic tenets of success that
are rooted in individual behavior. He encourages productivity and
the need for a positive home life. To succeed, each person's
environment must be conducive to their goals. Washington's
life-long mission was to inspire and uplift the most vulnerable in
his community. In Character Building he discusses the many tools
that can be used to change a person's station. It's an open
declaration of the core beliefs that helped shaped his life. With
an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Character Building is both modern and readable.
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From a child slave put to hard labor to a college president and
advisor to presidents, Booker T. Washington's autobiography
powerfully describes his journey and what it taught him about the
possible future of Blacks in the United States. This autobiography
is a cornerstone work of African-American literature. Washington
tells of his experience in bondage as a child-slave, the hard labor
he performed in salt mines post-slavery, and the role of his mother
in demonstrating the strength and values that enabled him to
continue to strive and rise above these often brutal circumstances.
His hard-won education led him to become a teacher and build
Tuskegee University with bare minimum resources, much of it
literally one brick at a time. Despite these challenges, and
encountering white opposition to the very concept of educating
blacks, Washington believed that failing to make the university a
reality would be a disservice to blacks nationwide. Inspiring
throughout, the author advocates self-reliance through productive
work, community service, and perseverance, and without bravado
presents himself as a worthy example of how successful this path
can be. His book still generates controversy as his conception of
the rise of blacks through personal industry, leading gradually to
their advancement in society, was deemed by some to be a slow and
costly compromise. Others saw it as an example of pragmatic realism
borne of necessity in the Reconstruction era South. Regardless of
latter-day interpretations, Up From Slavery is a powerful document
of how one man rose to prominence against terrible odds, then used
his success and fame in a sustained attempt to better the lives of
his fellows. This is an indispensable document of Black lives in an
era scarcely more than 100 years in the past and its account of
courage and dedication will not be forgotten. With an eye-catching
new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of
Up From Slavery is both modern and readable.
A compilation of more than 30 addresses from Booker T. Washington
explaining the importance of personal responsibility,
self-reflection and economic independence in the Black community.
Character Building is an inspiring series of anecdotes that speak
to the issues of his contemporary audience. Booker T. Washington
was a strong supporter of education and entrepreneurship among
African Americans. He believed a degree or certification could
provide access and elevate one's social and economic status. In
Character Building, he provides his basic tenets of success that
are rooted in individual behavior. He encourages productivity and
the need for a positive home life. To succeed, each person's
environment must be conducive to their goals. Washington's
life-long mission was to inspire and uplift the most vulnerable in
his community. In Character Building he discusses the many tools
that can be used to change a person's station. It's an open
declaration of the core beliefs that helped shaped his life. With
an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Character Building is both modern and readable.
Character and Culture by Irving Babbitt is the latest volume in the
Library of Conservative Thought. Babbitt was the leader of the
twentieth-century intellectual and cultural movement called
American Humanism or the New Humanism. More than half a century
after his death his intellectual staying power remains
undiminished. The qualities that marked Irving Babbitt as a thinker
and cultural critic of the first rank are richly represented in
Character and Culture. First published togetherin 1940 (under the
misleading title Spanish Character), these essays span his
scholarly career and cover a wide range of subjects. The diverse
topics discussed here aesthetics, ethics, religion, politics,
literature are illuminated by the same unifying vision of human
existence that informs and structures all of Babbitt's writing.
Babbitt never took up a subject out of idle curiosity. All of his
books and articles grew out of a desire to address certain
fundamental questions of life and letters. The essaysin this volume
are as worthy of attention now as when they were originally
written. Set in then- philosophical and historical context by Claes
G. Ryn's new introduction, they are a good place to start for
persons who wish to acquaint themselves not only with Babbitt's
central ideas but with the scope of his mind and interests. Readers
familiar with other books by Babbitt may recognize particular ideas
and formulations but will also find much new material to ponder.
Ryn's introduction provides a comprehensive look at Irving
Babbitt's life, career, writings, and influence. He shows how
Babbitt has survived and sustained often harsh criticism from
representatives of dominant trends. Ryn describes his writing style
as having "a kind of rugged American elegance." The substantial
critical introduction also elucidates Babbitt's central ideas in
relation to the volume. Character and Culture will be of interest
to scholars of literature, philosophers, historians, theologians,
and political theorists. The extensive index to all of Babbitt's
books, including this one, increases the value of the volume.
This biography, written by Booker T. Washington, one of most
important post-Civil War African-American thinkers, is an account
of the life and career of Frederick Douglass. The biographical
account is set within a nation struggling to solve one of the most
excruciating social problems that any modern people faced--slavery.
This volume encompasses the experiences of Frederick Douglass as a
slave and then as a public man, through the anti-slavery movement,
the Civil War, and the period of reconstruction. Douglass's fame as
a speaker was secure. His position as the champion of an oppressed
race was, in his own generation, as picturesque as it was unique.
From the blight of slavery, Douglass emerged, passed through, and
triumphed over the lingering prejudice that he encountered as a
freeman. Like the author of his biography, Douglass seized his
place in history. His life is an epic, one that finds few to equal
it in the realms of either romance or reality. Douglass was a role
model to the author, and his early narrative was a guide to black
and white people alike. Among the subjects covered are the Genesis
of the Anti-Slavery Agitation, the Fugitive Slave Law, the
Underground Railway, the American Colonization Society, the
Conflict in Kansas for Free Soil, the John Brown Raid, the Civil
War, the Enlistment of Colored Troops, and Reconstruction.
One hundred years ago, African Americans looked forward to the new
twentieth century with mixed feelings of pride and discouragement.
On the one hand, they could point to the tremendous progress many
of them had made since the end of slavery under the dynamic
leadership of Booker T. Washington, whose thriving vocational
school, the Tuskegee Institute, was famous throughout the nation.
Washington had become the confidant of powerful and influential
white Americans, and in 1901 he even dined with President Theodore
Roosevelt at the White House. But on the other hand, the majority
of white Americans showed little willingness to accept blacks as
equals, and in the South segregation was practically
institutionalized through the recently enacted Jim Crow laws. It
was at this uncertain time that this interesting collection of
articles by leading African American citizens was published to
address what was then commonly known as "the Negro problem."
Looking back at this synopsis of African American affairs one can
get a good sense of both the progress made and the problems yet to
be overcome, some of which have still not been fully addressed.
Predictably, the collection begins with a piece by Booker T.
Washington on the value and purpose of stressing industrial
education for black Americans. This is followed by a now-famous
article by W. E. B. Du Bois called "The Talented Tenth," in which
he argued for the cultivation of an elite corps of black
intellectuals who would then work to uplift the African American
masses. Though Du Bois later changed his approach, one can see in
this article how different his philosophy was from Washington's, a
difference that later led to a complete break between the two men.
The other contributors are Charles W. Chesnutt, Wilford H. Smith,
H. T. Kealing, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and T. Thomas Fortune, who
discuss the disenfranchisement of blacks; the broader subject of
the law and the rights of African Americans; real versus perceived
characteristics of people of color; and outstanding representative
black Americans, some famous, others little-known. The collection
concludes with a sober assessment of "the Negro's place in American
life." Issued in the centennial year of its original publication,
this new edition of a valuable classic is complemented by an
informative introduction by Bernard R. Boxill, professor of
philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
One of the foremost African American intellectual leaders of the
late 19th and early 20th centuries, Booker T. Washington, an
educator, author, and orator, is best known for his advocacy of
black progress through education and entrepreneurship. The Norton
Library edition of his seminal autobiography, Up from Slavery,
features the text of the first (1901) edition, explanatory
endnotes, and an introduction by Jarvis R. Givens that highlights
Washington’s life and work, discusses and contextualizes his
strategies for racial uplift, and invites a nuanced reading of an
author often dismissed for his “conservative†ideology.
The Metaphysics of Love develops the existential metaphysics of St.
Thomas Aquinas, applying it to explore the ontological structure of
the human person. Published first in 1962, this book demonstrates
the fertility of Thomistic metaphysics and the enduring influence
of Thomism on Western philosophy. It uncovers the ecstatic
structure of human existence, in dialogue with philosophers ranging
from Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, to Kant, Hegel, Heidegger,
Tillich, Zubiri, and Ortega y Gassett, as well as theologians and
historians Romano Guardini, Hilaire Belloc, and Eric Voegelin.
Philosophical and theological examinations of love have in various
ways raised the following question: how can love of self (eros) be
harmonized with love of others (agape)? These types of love
represent two drives, Wilhelmsen argues, that in the end must be
seen as aspects of existence itself. Moral and psychological
problems of love turn out to be manifestations of metaphysical
issues. While different cultures have emphasized one of these
drives or the other, a healthy culture will not completely forget
either. Cultures differ in the way they emphasize one or the other,
or flee from one or the other. These dimensions of human existence
provide the framework for a person's love of self, neighbour, and
God. This volume is part of Transaction's Library of Conservative
Thought series.
The Metaphysics of Love develops the existential metaphysics of St.
Thomas Aquinas, applying it to explore the ontological structure of
the human person. Published first in 1962, this book demonstrates
the fertility of Thomistic metaphysics and the enduring influence
of Thomism on Western philosophy. It uncovers the ecstatic
structure of human existence, in dialogue with philosophers ranging
from Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, to Kant, Hegel, Heidegger,
Tillich, Zubiri, and Ortega y Gassett, as well as theologians and
historians Romano Guardini, Hilaire Belloc, and Eric Voegelin.
Philosophical and theological examinations of love have in various
ways raised the following question: how can love of self (eros) be
harmonized with love of others (agape)? These types of love
represent two drives, Wilhelmsen argues, that in the end must be
seen as aspects of existence itself. Moral and psychological
problems of love turn out to be manifestations of metaphysical
issues. While different cultures have emphasized one of these
drives or the other, a healthy culture will not completely forget
either. Cultures differ in the way they emphasize one or the other,
or flee from one or the other. These dimensions of human existence
provide the framework for a person's love of self, neighbour, and
God. This volume is part of Transaction's Library of Conservative
Thought series.
Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington
detailing his personal experiences in working to rise from the
position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties
and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton
University, to his work establishing vocational schools-most
notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama-to help black people and
other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and
work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He
reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who
helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his
efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of
dignity to students. His educational philosophy stresses combining
academic subjects with learning a trade (something which is
reminiscent of the educational theories of John Ruskin). Washington
explained that the integration of practical subjects is partly
designed to reassure the white community as to the usefulness of
educating black people.
Autobiography of influential spokesman and former slave who became a major figure in the struggle for equal rights.
Essential reading for students of African-American history, this
collection represents three highly influential leaders. Washington
and Douglass, both born into slavery, recount their rise from
bondage to international recognition. Du Bois' landmark essays
counsel a more aggressive approach to the civil rights movement.
During his unchallenged reign as black America's foremost spokesman, former slave Booker T. Washington treaded a dangerous middle ground in a time of racial backlash and disfranchisement: as he publicly acquiesced to whites on issues of social equality, he fiercely exhorted blacks, through his national political machine, to unite and improve their lot. Though Washington worked ceaselessly, through many channels, to gain moral and financial support for his people and for his beloved Tuskegee Institute, Up from Slavery, his autobiography, helped him at these endeavours more than all other efforts combined. Vividly recounting Washington's life - his childhood as a slave, his struggle for education, his founding and presidency of the Tuskegee Institute, his meetings with the country's leaders, Up from Slavery reveals the conviction he held that the black man's salvation lay in education, industriousness and self-reliance. Louis R. Harlan's introduction fully assesses the impact of this simply written, anecdotal life story that bears the mark of a man of real courage, talent and dedication.
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