To Shape a New World

<p><b>Fascinating and instructive...King's philosophy speaking to us through the written word may turn out to constitute his most enduring legacy.<br>--Annette Gordon-Reed <i>New York Review of Books</i></b> <p/>Martin Luther King Jr. is one of America's most revered figures yet despite his mythic stature the significance of his political thought remains underappreciated. In this indispensable reappraisal leading scholars--including Cornel West Martha Nussbaum and Danielle Allen--consider the substance of his lesser known writings on racism economic inequality virtue ethics just-war theory reparations voting rights civil disobedience and social justice and find in them an array of compelling challenges to some of the most pressing political dilemmas of our time. <p/>King was not simply a compelling speaker but a deeply philosophical intellectual...We still have much to learn from him.<br>--<i>Quartz</i> <p/>A compelling work of philosophy all the more so because it treats King seriously without inoculating him from the kind of critique important to both his theory and practice.<br>--<i>Los Angeles Review of Books</i></p>