Conflagration: How the Transcendentalists Sparked the American

Conflagration: How the Transcendentalists Sparked the American Struggle for Racial, Gender, and Social Justice

A dramatic retelling of the story of the Transcendentalists, revealing them not as isolated authors but as a community of social activists who shaped progressive American values.

Conflagration illuminates the connections between key members of the Transcendentalist circleâ€”including James Freeman Clarke, Elizabeth Peabody, Caroline Healey Dall, Elizabeth Stanton, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Theodore Parker, and Margaret Fullerâ€”who created a community dedicated to radical social activism. These authors and activists laid the groundwork for democratic and progressive religion in America.

In the tumultuous decades before and immediately after the Civil War, the Transcendentalists changed nineteenth-century America, leading what Theodore Parker called â€œa Second American Revolution.â€ They instigated lasting change in American society, not only through their literary achievements but also through their activism: transcendentalists fought for the abolition of slavery, democratically governed churches, equal rights for women, and against the dehumanizing effects of brutal economic competition and growing social inequality.

The Transcendentalistsâ€™ passion for social equality stemmed from their belief in spiritual friendshipâ€”transcending differences in social situation, gender, class, theology, and race. Together, their fight for justice changed the American sociopolitical landscape. They understood that none of us can ever fulfill our own moral and spiritual potential unless we care about the full spiritual and moral flourishing of others.
Country USA
Brand Beacon Press
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2020-01-14
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780807024041

Country	USA
Brand	Beacon Press
Manufacturer	Beacon Press
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2020-01-14
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780807024041

Conflagration: How the Transcendentalists Sparked the American Struggle for Racial, Gender, and Social Justice

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