The Critique of Nonviolence: Martin Luther King, Jr., and Philosophy

by Mark Christian Thompson

How does Martin Luther King, Jr., understand race philosophically and how did this understanding lead him to develop an ontological conception of racist police violence?

In this important new work, Mark Christian Thompson attempts to answer these questions, examining ontology in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy. Specifically, the book reads King through 1920s German academic debates between Martin Heidegger, Rudolf Bultmann, Hans Jonas,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503631133
• ISBN13: 9781503631137
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 6.2"