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Title: The City on the Hill From Below

Subtitle: The Crisis of Prophetic Black Politics

Author: Stephen Marshall

Narrator: Kenneth Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-13

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Within the discipline of American political science and the field of political theory, African American prophetic political critique as a form of political theorizing has been largely neglected. Stephen Marshall, in The City on the Hill from Below, interrogates the political thought of David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison to reveal a vital tradition of American political theorizing and engagement with an American political imaginary forged by the City on the Hill.

Originally articulated to describe colonial settlement, state formation, and national consolidation, the image of the City on the Hill has been transformed into one richly suited to assessing and transforming American political evil. The City on the Hill from Below shows how African American political thinkers appropriated and revised languages of biblical prophecy and American republicanism.

Critic Reviews:

"This is a well-written, incisive intellectual work that offers critical insights into political theory and African American politics. Highly recommended." (Choice)

"The City on the Hill from Below is a remarkable first book that contributes novel insights for the study of black political thought.... By addressing so many important thinkers and themes, the book represents a significant contribution to the study of black political thought and political theory more generally." (Perspectives on Politics)

"Marshall's book makes for a fine treatment of black political thought." (Journal of American History)

Members Reviews:

City on the Hill is Brilliant

Marshall's text is clearly one of the discipline's most cogent, penetrating answers to this country's current political and racial dilemma. How do we absolve ourselves of a political evil we've allowed to fester for over 300 years? In analyzing the letters, hearts and thought processes of five of the most insightful black thinkers of all time, Marshall forces the reader to come to grips with the unthinkable.

Articulate, elegant, irrefutable, Marshall's take on black prophetic thought is mesmerizing. More importantly, it helps us to understand why we elected Obama in what is sure to be deemed the Age of Obama in years to come. The City on the Hill should be made required reading for all American studies and black history college courses.