W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most profound and influential African American intellectuals of the 20th century. His tenacious engagement with racism, and his contributions to African American studies are well known. Yet scholarly attention to his work has been sporadic and uneven. This collection of essays is intended as both an addition and spur to the current renaissance of interest in Du Bois's work. Interpreting Du Bois's thoughts on race and culture in a broadly philosophical sense, this volume assembles essays by philosophers, literary critics, historians and sociologists in the field of Du Bois scholarship. Its three sections engage in a critical dialogue on different important theoritical and practical issues that concerned Du Bois throughout his long career: the conundrum of race, the issue of gender equality, and the perplexities of pan-Africanism.
- ISBN10 0415915562
- ISBN13 9780415915564
- Publish Date 26 June 1997 (first published 29 January 1997)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 8 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English