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- Title
The Logic of Kingian Nonviolence: A Synthetic Reading of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Political Thought.
- Authors
Buck, Nicholas
- Abstract
Approaching Martin Luther King Jr. as a constructive political theorist, I present a synthetic view of his thought that is able to make cogent and compelling sense of prominent concepts and lines of reasoning in his writings. I contend that King's political thought, which is grounded in his moral, metaphysical, and theological convictions, is best understood as structurally teleological and oriented to the construction of an inclusive, democratic community as its end. To make this case and fill out the picture of his view, I offer an analysis of King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and argue that his account of nonviolence, which provides the key to understanding his political thought, ought to be understood as operating within and on behalf of this teleological vision by patterning what I term dialogical relations between persons.
- Subjects
KING, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; POLITICAL philosophy; NONVIOLENCE; LOGIC
- Publication
Journal of Religious Ethics, 2024, Vol 52, Issue 1, p26
- ISSN
0384-9694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jore.12449