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Diana Schaub on the Life and Political Thought of Frederick Douglass
Diana Schaub on the Life and Political Thought of Frederick Douglass
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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Jul 2, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Diana Schaub is a professor of political science at Loyola University Maryland and a leading interpreter of political philosophy and American political thought. In this Conversation, Schaub considers the life and ideas of the statesman and political thinker Frederick Douglass (c. 1818 – 1885). Schaub reflects on Douglass’s life, including his experience of slavery, his abolitionist politics, his work on behalf of the Union in the Civil War, and his post-war efforts to secure civil rights. Schaub demonstrates Douglass’s importance as a political thinker, pointing to his reflections on the corruptions of slavery, the meaning and requirements of freedom, the significance of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the role of prudence in politics.
Released:
Jul 2, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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