Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education

255 Pages·2004·1.28 MB·English

by  Danielle S. Allen

Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers
Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education
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Danielle Allen is professor in the Department of Classical Languages and
Literatures, the Department ofPolitical Science, and the Committee on
Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Author of The World of
Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens,Allen received a
MacArthur Fellowship in and directs the Civic Knowledge Project.
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Allen, Danielle S., 1971–
Talking to strangers :citizenship after Brown v. Board of Education /
Danielle S. Allen.
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. Political participation—United States. . Pluralism (Social
sciences)—United States. . Civil society—United States. . Trust—
United States. . Intergroup relations—United States. . United States—
Race relations. I. Title:Citizenship after Brown v. Board of Education.
II.Title.
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I wrote this book in memory of Ralph Waldo Ellison—
may his spirit endure—
and dedicate it now to my husband, Robert von Hallberg.

  is not likely to become free of racism,
thus it is necessary for Negroes to free themselves by becoming their idea
of what a free people should be.
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 , Working notes to Juneteenth

Contents
Key to Brief Citations xi
Prologue xiii
 : 
:Little Rock, a New Beginning 
:Old Myths and New Epiphanies 
:Sacrifice, a Democratic Fact 
:Sacrifice and Citizenship 
 :     
:Imperfect Democracy 
:Imperfect People 
:Imperfect Pearls/Imperfect Ideals 
 :   
:Beyond Invisible Citizens 
:Brotherhood, Love, and Political Friendship 
:Rhetoric, a Good Thing 
:Epilogue 
Acknowledgments 
Notes  Index 