Malcolm X: From Political Eschatology to Religious Revolutionary

by Dustin J. Byrd (Editor), Seyed Javad Miri (Editor)

Overview

Spurred by the commitment to continue the critical work that Malcolm X began, this volume analyizes the enduring significance of his life, work, and religious philosophy. Bringing together thirteen different scholars from six different countries, Malcolm X: From Political Escataology to Religious Revolutionary demonstrates why Malcolm X is still vitally important fifty years after his death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608468089
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Publication date:	12/05/2017
Series:	Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Pages:	371
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. (2016), Michigan State University, is Professor of Humanities at Olivet College, where he teaches religion, philosophy and Arabic. He has published monographs and articles on both Islam and Critical Theory, including Ayatollah Khomeini and the Anatomy of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: Toward a Theory of Prophetic Charisma (UniversityPress of America, 2011) and A Critique of Ayn Rand’s Philosophy of Religion: The Gospel According to John Galt (Lexington Books, 2015).

Seyed Javad Miri, Ph.D. (2002), Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, is Professor of Sociology and History of Religions at that Institute in Tehran. He has published more than 45 books and 100 articles on various issues related to philosophy, religion and sociology including Islamism and Post-Islamism (UniversityPress of America, 2014).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction
Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri

Malcolm X as Religious Peripatetic
William David Hart

On the Dialectical Evolution of Malcolm X’s Anti-Capitalist Critique: Interrogating His Political Philosophy of Black Nationalism
John H. McClendon III and Stephen C. Ferguson II

Malcolm X and Revolutionary Religion: Christianity, Islam and their Emancipatory Potentials
Dustin J. Byrd

Malcolm X and the Meccan Epistle
Seyed Javad

Malcolm X - a Martyr of Freedom
Rudolf J. Siebert

“The Enemy of My Enemy”: Malcolm X and the Legacy of John Brown
Louis A. DeCaro, Jr.

Malcolm X, Alatas and Critical Theory
Syed Farid Alatas

Malcolm X: Message to Humanity
John Andrew Morrow

Malik al-Shabazz’s Practice of Self-Liberation
Emin Poljarevic

From Malcolm X to Generation Y: The African American Muslim Community after 1965
Bethany Beyyette

From Hell to Heaven: The Malcolm X Narrative of Muslim Artists. The Meaning of his Life in Relation to the Doctrine of Predestination for British and American Performing Artists in the 21th Century
Yolanda van Tilborgh

Rationalization of Malcolm X’s Religious Understandings, Political Perspectives and Organizational Objectives
Nuri Tinaz

Index