The main objective of this study investigates the extent to which conceptual and analytical tools derive from a classical African world view may be utilized for the analysis of African American oratory. The possibility of such an exercise has been suggested in the literature by …
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Using the sociological methodology which was introduced by Max Weber, particularly his concept of “ideal type,” this study identified eight objective criteria and characteristics which can be applied to a case study to determine whether or not that subject is indeed “prophetic.”…
Building upon previous notions of "competitive" or "corrective" arguments among African American reformationists, nationalists and revolutionists, this dissertation defends historically and theoretically a dialectical relationship between these arguments as expressed in the poli…
If narratives are the stories that we construct to make sense of our world, national narratives construct citizenship and the meaning of identity. Narratives of national identity are not constructed by individuals in isolation, but rather are collectively created. This dissertat…