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Basevich Elvira - W. E. B. Du Bois The Lost And The Found - Paperback
Basevich Elvira - W. E. B. Du Bois The Lost And The Found - Paperback
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Description: 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.
Title: W. E. B. Du Bois The Lost And The Found
Author(s): Basevich Elvira
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9781509535743
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 10/9/2020
Category: Black & Asian Studies
Description: 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.
Title: W. E. B. Du Bois The Lost And The Found
Author(s): Basevich Elvira
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9781509535743
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 10/9/2020
Category: Black & Asian Studies
