Maxwell G. Burkey is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Alex Zamalin is Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He is the author of Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism, which was named a 2020 Choice Outstanding Title by the American Library Association, and coeditor (with Alix L. Olson) of The Art of Anti-Racism: Aesthetics, Race, and Contemporary Political Theory, also published by SUNY Press.

"The essays within Movements and American Political Thought demonstrate how American political thought developed in, with, and through social movements, seeking to realize the promise(s) of American democracy. They also convey how American political thought extends beyond the liberal tradition to republican, socialist, and theological traditions. The contributors challenge readers to rethink American political thought as interdisciplinary, international, and intersectional and to regard social movements as engaged in theoretical as well as practical activities. These are significant contributions to not only political science but also history, philosophy, sociology, and American studies." — Nancy S. Love, author of Musical Democracy

• Introduction: Movements and American Political ThoughtMaxwell G. Burkey and Alex ZamalinPart I: Reconfiguring Encounters1. Transnational Indigenous Politics and American Political Thought as a Tradition of EncounterArturo Chang2. Utopia on the Mississippi: Étienne Cabet's American Icaria Between Theory and Practice Loren Goldman and Francis Russo3. The Abolitionist Movement and the Politics of Emancipation Michael GorupPart II: Between Reconstruction and Rebellion4. To Hum as One: A Political Becoming on the Pew Claire B. Crawford5. Freedom Faith: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Apostolic PraxisDa'Von Anthony Boyd6. "The Mississippi Runs into the Mekong": SNCC and the Internal Colony's Recursions and CollisionsErin R. Pineda7. Bitch, Sisters, Bitch — The Final Revolution: Reconsidering Consciousness Raising through Feminist Abortion PoliticsClaire McKinney8. Passing the 1966 Laboratory Animal Welfare Act: The Animal Welfare Movement in Mid-Twentieth Century AmericaRebeca C. Leffler9. "Always With an Eye to the Great Return": Normalcy, Democracy, and the Anti–Vietnam War MovementMaxwell G. BurkeyPart III: Transformative Praxis10. Abolitionist Praxis and Pragmatism: Lessons from MaineNazlı Konya and Victoria Scott11. Public Citizen: Ralph Nader, Social Movements, and the American Civic Republican TraditionPeter A. LaVenia Jr.12. Theorizing Border ActivismChris Zepeda-Millan13. Toward A Movement for Transborder Justice: Reconceptualizing the Mexico-US Border as a Site of ResistanceEstefanía Castañeda PérezList of ContributorsIndex

Maxwell G. Burkey is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Alex Zamalin is Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He is the author of Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism, which was named a 2020 Choice Outstanding Title by the American Library Association, and coeditor (with Alix L. Olson) of The Art of Anti-Racism: Aesthetics, Race, and Contemporary Political Theory, also published by SUNY Press.

"The essays within Movements and American Political Thought demonstrate how American political thought developed in, with, and through social movements, seeking to realize the promise(s) of American democracy. They also convey how American political thought extends beyond the liberal tradition to republican, socialist, and theological traditions. The contributors challenge readers to rethink American political thought as interdisciplinary, international, and intersectional and to regard social movements as engaged in theoretical as well as practical activities. These are significant contributions to not only political science but also history, philosophy, sociology, and American studies." — Nancy S. Love, author of Musical Democracy

• Introduction: Movements and American Political ThoughtMaxwell G. Burkey and Alex ZamalinPart I: Reconfiguring Encounters1. Transnational Indigenous Politics and American Political Thought as a Tradition of EncounterArturo Chang2. Utopia on the Mississippi: Étienne Cabet's American Icaria Between Theory and Practice Loren Goldman and Francis Russo3. The Abolitionist Movement and the Politics of Emancipation Michael GorupPart II: Between Reconstruction and Rebellion4. To Hum as One: A Political Becoming on the Pew Claire B. Crawford5. Freedom Faith: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Apostolic PraxisDa'Von Anthony Boyd6. "The Mississippi Runs into the Mekong": SNCC and the Internal Colony's Recursions and CollisionsErin R. Pineda7. Bitch, Sisters, Bitch — The Final Revolution: Reconsidering Consciousness Raising through Feminist Abortion PoliticsClaire McKinney8. Passing the 1966 Laboratory Animal Welfare Act: The Animal Welfare Movement in Mid-Twentieth Century AmericaRebeca C. Leffler9. "Always With an Eye to the Great Return": Normalcy, Democracy, and the Anti–Vietnam War MovementMaxwell G. BurkeyPart III: Transformative Praxis10. Abolitionist Praxis and Pragmatism: Lessons from MaineNazlı Konya and Victoria Scott11. Public Citizen: Ralph Nader, Social Movements, and the American Civic Republican TraditionPeter A. LaVenia Jr.12. Theorizing Border ActivismChris Zepeda-Millan13. Toward A Movement for Transborder Justice: Reconceptualizing the Mexico-US Border as a Site of ResistanceEstefanía Castañeda PérezList of ContributorsIndex

Maxwell G. Burkey is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Alex Zamalin is Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He is the author of Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism, which was named a 2020 Choice Outstanding Title by the American Library Association, and coeditor (with Alix L. Olson) of The Art of Anti-Racism: Aesthetics, Race, and Contemporary Political Theory, also published by SUNY Press.

"The essays within Movements and American Political Thought demonstrate how American political thought developed in, with, and through social movements, seeking to realize the promise(s) of American democracy. They also convey how American political thought extends beyond the liberal tradition to republican, socialist, and theological traditions. The contributors challenge readers to rethink American political thought as interdisciplinary, international, and intersectional and to regard social movements as engaged in theoretical as well as practical activities. These are significant contributions to not only political science but also history, philosophy, sociology, and American studies." — Nancy S. Love, author of Musical Democracy

• Introduction: Movements and American Political ThoughtMaxwell G. Burkey and Alex ZamalinPart I: Reconfiguring Encounters1. Transnational Indigenous Politics and American Political Thought as a Tradition of EncounterArturo Chang2. Utopia on the Mississippi: Étienne Cabet's American Icaria Between Theory and Practice Loren Goldman and Francis Russo3. The Abolitionist Movement and the Politics of Emancipation Michael GorupPart II: Between Reconstruction and Rebellion4. To Hum as One: A Political Becoming on the Pew Claire B. Crawford5. Freedom Faith: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Apostolic PraxisDa'Von Anthony Boyd6. "The Mississippi Runs into the Mekong": SNCC and the Internal Colony's Recursions and CollisionsErin R. Pineda7. Bitch, Sisters, Bitch — The Final Revolution: Reconsidering Consciousness Raising through Feminist Abortion PoliticsClaire McKinney8. Passing the 1966 Laboratory Animal Welfare Act: The Animal Welfare Movement in Mid-Twentieth Century AmericaRebeca C. Leffler9. "Always With an Eye to the Great Return": Normalcy, Democracy, and the Anti–Vietnam War MovementMaxwell G. BurkeyPart III: Transformative Praxis10. Abolitionist Praxis and Pragmatism: Lessons from MaineNazlı Konya and Victoria Scott11. Public Citizen: Ralph Nader, Social Movements, and the American Civic Republican TraditionPeter A. LaVenia Jr.12. Theorizing Border ActivismChris Zepeda-Millan13. Toward A Movement for Transborder Justice: Reconceptualizing the Mexico-US Border as a Site of ResistanceEstefanía Castañeda PérezList of ContributorsIndex