Melvin Rogers: Podcast Interviews

Melvin Rogers, PhD

mrogers097

Social Scientist

www.melvinrogers.site

2 Interviews

Melvin Rogers's Interviews

Robert Talisse & Melvin Rogers • 01 Nov 2023 • EN

Melvin L. Rogers, "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought" (Princeton UP, 2023)

Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” is notoriously fiery. No doubt part of what’s gripping about it is its internal tension. Douglass begins by sincerely praising the founders and their philosophical principles, and then turns to a devastating critique of the hypocrisy of the Unit

Robert Talisse & Melvin Rogers • 02 Mar 2021 • EN

Democracy, Protest, and Progress with Melvin Rogers

Melvin Rogers is Associate Professor of Political Science at Brown University. You can follow Melvin on Twitter at @MRogers097. Professor Rogers specializes in democratic theory, with special focus on the traditions of American and African-American politics. The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Inst