Barack Obama and Twenty-First-Century Politics :A Revolutionary Moment in the USA ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :A Revolutionary Moment in the USA

Publication series :1

Author: Campbell   Horace G.  

Publisher: Pluto Books Ltd‎

Publication year: 2010

E-ISBN: 9781849645577

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780745330075

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780745330075

Subject: D034 State institutions;D09 in the history of politics, political history;D52 世界政治制度与国家机构

Keyword: 世界政治制度与国家机构,国家体制,政治学史、政治思想史

Language: ENG

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Barack Obama and Twenty-First-Century Politics

Description

An essential guide to the new political moment indicated by the new networks created in Barack Obamas revolutionary election campaign.

Chapter

1. REVOLUTIONARY MOMENTS AND RUPTURES

REVOLUTIONARY MOMENTS: LESSONS FROM THE FRENCH AND CUBAN REVOLUTIONS

NEW CONCEPT OF SHARED HUMANITY

UBUNTU

ELEMENTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT

BEYOND VANGUARDISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

CLASSICAL MUSIC MEETS JAZZ

REPARATIONS AND REVOLUTION

NEW MILITANTS AND SITES OF POLITICS

CONCLUSION

2. THE POLITICAL TRAINING OF BARACK OBAMA

UBUNTU AND NON-RACIAL DEMOCRACY

LESSONS IN UBUNTU

TOOTS AND THE DIGNITY OF WORK

TRAINING AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN CHICAGO

SEARCHING FOR LIFE PURPOSE AND HEALING IN KENYA

REDEMPTION

MICHELLE ROBINSON: THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL

CONCLUSION

3. CONFRONTING RACISM AND SEXISM IN US POLITICS

PHASE I: THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND “THREE-FIFTHS OF A HUMAN”

PHASE II: THE CIVIL WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY

PHASE III: AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZING AND THE HARRIET TUBMAN PRINCIPLES

RECONSTRUCTION AND THE THIRD PHASE

COUNTER-REVOLUTION

BENJAMIN TILLMAN, SEXUALIZED VIOLENCE, AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF RACISM

LONG-TERM LEGACIES OF THE THIRD PHASE

EUGENICS AND THE IDEOLOGICAL VICTORY OF THE SOUTH

EUGENICS AND TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY

CONCLUSION: DEMOCRATIZATION AS A PROCESS

RACISM AND THE OLD LEFT

BEYOND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIBERAL THOUGHT

4. GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING CONFRONTS THE MACHINE

REVOLUTIONS BY ORDINARY PEOPLE – THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY

OBAMA’S LEARNING FROM THE ELLA BAKER PRINCIPLES

BEYOND VANGUARDISM

THE CONSERVATIVE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE RISE OF THE OBAMA PHENOMENON

THE ATTEMPTED INTERVENTION OF JESSE JACKSON

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE HIERARCHY OF POWER

LEADERISM, VANGUARDISM, AND THE PARTY BOSS

TECHNOCRATS, BOSSES, AND POLITICAL PATRONAGE

FROM BOSSES TO POLITICAL CONSULTANTS

THE CLINTONS INHERIT THE PARTY MACHINERY

CONCLUSION

5. FRACTAL WISDOM AND OPTIMISM IN THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN OF 2008

CAMPAIGNING AS A HUMAN BEING, NOT A BLACK CANDIDATE

HOPE AND CHANGE

SCALING, SELF-SIMILARITY, AND RECURSION IN THE CAMPAIGN

UBUNTU MEETS UBUNTU

PROVING GROUND IN SOUTH CAROLINA

BUILDING A NATIONAL PRESENCE AND BOTTOM-UP FUNDRAISING

OBAMA’S AMAZING MONEY MACHINE

THE STRUGGLES IN THE PRIMARIES

THE CENTRALITY OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICS

THE INTERVENTION OF THE YOUTH VOTE AND THE GRASSROOTS

THE IOWA CAUCUS

THE CENTRALITY OF RACISM IN US POLITICS

INTERNAL COLLAPSE OF THE VAST CLINTON APPARATUS

CONCLUSION

6. BETWEEN THE PAST AND THEFUTURE: THE DEMOCRATICNATIONAL CONVENTION

BURDENS OF THE PAST

NEW AND OLD FORCES AT THE CONVENTION

SHADOWS OF THE PAST AND THE DENVER SETTING

THE PROMISE OF A GREEN CONVENTION

T. BOONE PICKENS AND FORGIVENESS

INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS IN DENVER

THE CLINTON BRIGADE IN DENVER

MICHELLE OBAMA AND THE CAUCUSES

THE LATINO/HISPANIC CAUCUS AT THE CONVENTION

WHO ARE THE LATINOS?

ROLL CALL AND NOMINATION

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AND MARKETING THE CANDIDATE

CONCLUSION

7. GROUND OPERATION FOR VICTORY: CHALLENGING THE RUTHLESSNESS OF THE WOUNDED CORPORATE BANKERS

THE MOMENT OF SEPTEMBER

RUTHLESSNESS AND RECKLESSNESS

THE WORLD OF DERIVATIVES, POLITICS, AND RUTHLESSNESS

FINANCIALIZATION AS ECONOMIC TERRORISM

HENRY PAULSON AND THE DRAMA OF THE MOMENT OF SEPTEMBER

ELEMENTS OF THE COUP

SPEECHLESS AND POLITICS

OBAMA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

THE LEGACIES OF JESSE HELMS IN NORTH CAROLINA

RESPECT, EMPOWER, INCLUDE – OBSERVING THE GROUND OPERATION AT FIRST HAND

YOUTH ACTIVISTS AND THE WALL OF HOPE

TOLERANCE AND THE NETWORKS

ROWAN COUNTY AND SALISBURY TOWN

MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND CROSSING INTO SOUTH CAROLINA

THE NERVE CENTER IN RALEIGH-DURHAM

A DIVIDED MILITARY

CONCLUSION

8. BEYOND MESSIAHS: NETWORKS FOR PEACE AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

INTRODUCTION

THE TRAP OF MESSIANISM AND MILITARISM

LIBERALISM, MISSIONISM, AND THE LONG WAR

WAR AS PEACE

WOULD OBAMA END UP LIKE TOUSSAINT?

NETWORKING AND SOLIDARITY

THE PEACE, ANTI-RACIST, AND REPARATIONS NODES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS

PEACE AND THE MEANING OF WORK

REVOLUTION AND THE TIPPING POINT

PEACE AND THE INHERITANCE OF BLACK LIBERATION

PROGRESSIVE WOMEN AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT

BUILDING A NEW DEMOCRACY

CONCLUSION

9. UBUNTU AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY REVOLUTION

THE SETTING AND THE CHALLENGES

UBUNTU, QUANTUM POLITICS, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, A FRACTAL OUTLOOK, AND QUANTUM LEAPS

UBUNTU, SELF-ORGANIZATION, AND SELF-MOBILIZATION

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE SECOND REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES

UBUNTU, SELF-ORGANIZATION, AND NEW LEADERSHIP

NEW LEADERSHIP AND OPTIMISM IN SOCIETY

OPTIMISM AS A POLITICAL ACT

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