ISBN:
9780739119587
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (354 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Du Bois's Dialectics : Black Radical Politics and the Reconstruction of Critical Social Theory
DDC:
303.48/4092
Keywords:
African Americans -- Politics and government
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African Americans -- Reparations
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Critical pedagogy -- United States
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Critical theory -- United States
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Du Bois, W. E. B. -- (William Edward Burghardt), -- 1868-1963 -- Political and social views
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Radicalism -- United States
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Religion and sociology -- United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
With chapters that undertake ideological critiques of education, religion, the politics of reparations, and the problematics of black radical politics in contemporary culture and society, Du Bois's Dialectics employs Du Bois as its critical theoretical point of departure and demonstrates his (and Africana Studies') contributions to, as well as contemporary critical theory's connections to, critical pedagogy, sociology of religion, and reparations theory. Rabaka offers the first critical theoretical treatment of the W. E. B. Du Bois-Booker T. Washington debate, which lucidly highlights Du Bois'
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Ch01. Introduction: Du Bois, theRenewal of Black Radical Politics,and the Reconstruction of CriticalSocial Theory; Ch02. Africana Critical Pedagogy: Du Bois'sPhilosophy of Education, Sociology ofEducation, Anthropology of Education,and Critical Educational Theory1; Ch03. The Du Bois-Washington Debate:Social Leadership, Intellectual Legacy,and the Lingering Problematicsof African American Politics
Description / Table of Contents:
Ch04. The Prophet of Problems: Du Bois'sPhilosophy of Religion, Sociologyof Religion, Critique of the Black(and White) Church, and CriticalTheory of Liberation Theology1Ch05. Critical Reparations Theory: Du Bois'sRevolutionary Pan-Africanism andRevolutionary Humanism; Ch06. Conclusion: The Souls of BlackRadical Folk: Du Bois, AfricanaStudies, and the Crises ofContemporary Critical Social Theory; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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