The Substance of Hope
Title | The Substance of Hope PDF eBook |
Author | Jelani Cobb |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | 225 |
Release | 2020-10-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1635577438 |
A trenchant and timeless examination of the still-contested meanings of President Barack Obama's election, from a preeminent scholar of race, politics, and American history-with a new introduction by the author. When voters in 2008 chose the United States' first black president, some Americans hailed the event as a sign that the nation had, at long last, transcended its bloody history of racial inequality. Obama's victory was indescribably momentous, but if the intervening years proved anything, it is that we never leave history entirely behind. Indeed, this may be the ultimate lesson of the Obama era. First published in 2010, The Substance of Hope is acclaimed historian Jelani Cobb's meditation on what Obama's election represented, an insightful investigation into the civil rights movement forces that helped produce it, and a prescient inquiry into how American society does-and does not-change. In penetrating, elegant prose, Cobb teases apart the paradoxes embodied in race and patriotism, identity and citizenship, progress and legacy. Now reissued with a new introduction by the author, reflecting on how the seismic impact of the Obama presidency continues to shape America, The Substance of Hope is an indelible work of history and cultural criticism from one of our most singular voices.
Race and the Obama Administration
Title | Race and the Obama Administration PDF eBook |
Author | Andra Gillespie |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 220 |
Release | 2019-01-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1526105039 |
The election of Barack Obama marked a critical point in American political and social history. Did the historic election of a black president actually change the status of blacks in the United States? Did these changes (or lack thereof) inform blacks' perceptions of the President? This book explores these questions by comparing Obama's promotion of substantive and symbolic initiatives for blacks to efforts by the two previous presidential administrations. By employing a comparative analysis, the reader can judge whether Obama did more or less to promote black interests than his predecessors. Taking a more empirical approach to judging Barack Obama, this book hopes to contribute to current debates about the significance of the first African American presidency. It takes care to make distinctions between Obama's substantive and symbolic accomplishments and to explore the significance of both.
The Audacity of Hope
Title | The Audacity of Hope PDF eBook |
Author | Barack Obama |
Publisher | Crown |
Total Pages | 386 |
Release | 2006-10-17 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0307382095 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Barack Obama’s lucid vision of America’s place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate “In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama’s talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope.”—Michael Kazin, The Washington Post In July 2004, four years before his presidency, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called “the audacity of hope.” The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama’s call for a different brand of politics—a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of “our improbable experiment in democracy.” He explores those forces—from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media—that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment. At the heart of this book is Barack Obama’s vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats—from terrorism to pandemic—that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy—where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, Obama says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes—“waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them.”
Christ in Believers the Hope of Glory; being the substance of several sermons ... The second edition
Title | Christ in Believers the Hope of Glory; being the substance of several sermons ... The second edition PDF eBook |
Author | John BROWN (Minister of the Gospel at Wamphray.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 178 |
Release | 1736 |
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The Shadow and the Substance, Or the One Sure Hope of the Patriarchal, Jewish, and Christian Churches. A Sacred Poem ... Second Edition. [Signed: J. G.]
Title | The Shadow and the Substance, Or the One Sure Hope of the Patriarchal, Jewish, and Christian Churches. A Sacred Poem ... Second Edition. [Signed: J. G.] PDF eBook |
Author | J. G. |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 1844 |
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Faith, Hope, and Charity. The substance of a sermon preached at the dedication of the Catholic Chapel, at Bradford, etc
Title | Faith, Hope, and Charity. The substance of a sermon preached at the dedication of the Catholic Chapel, at Bradford, etc PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Augustine BAINES (Bishop of Siga.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 16 |
Release | 1825 |
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Hope in Trouble. The substance of a sermon [on Luke xxiv. 30] preached at Putney Chapel, on the ... day appointed for a General Fast
Title | Hope in Trouble. The substance of a sermon [on Luke xxiv. 30] preached at Putney Chapel, on the ... day appointed for a General Fast PDF eBook |
Author | Edward MILLER (Independent Minister at Chiswick.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 24 |
Release | 1832 |
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