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W.E.B. Du Bois: The Lost and the Found - Couverture rigide

Basevich, Elvira

 
9781509535736: W.E.B. Du Bois: The Lost and the Found
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 150953573X ISBN 13 : 9781509535736
Editeur : Polity Press, 2020

Synopsis

W.E.B. Du Bois spent many decades fighting to ensure that African Americans could claim their place as full citizens and thereby fulfill the deeply compromised ideals of American democracy. Yet he died in Africa, having apparently given up on the United States.

In this tour-de-force, Elvira Basevich examines this paradox by tracing the development of his life and thought and the relevance of his legacy to our troubled age. She adroitly analyses the main concepts that inform Du Bois's critique of American democracy, such as the color line and double consciousness, before examining how these concepts might inform our understanding of contemporary struggles, from Black Lives Matter to the campaign for reparations for slavery. She stresses the continuity in Du Bois's thought, from his early writings to his later embrace of self-segregation and Pan-Africanism, while not shying away from assessing the challenging implications of his later work.

This wonderful book vindicates the power of Du Bois's thought to help transform a stubbornly unjust world. It is essential reading for racial justice activists as well as students of African American philosophy and political thought.

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À propos de l'auteur

Elvira Basevich is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

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Éditeur
Polity Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
150953573X
ISBN 13 
9781509535736
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
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Personne responsable
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