Dark Voices - W. E. B. Du Bois and American Thought, 1888-1903 (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

"Dark Voices" is the first sustained examination of the intellectual formation of W. E. B. Du Bois, tracing the scholar and civil rights leader's thought from his undergraduate days in the 1880s to the 1903 publication of his masterpiece, "The Souls of Black Folk," and offering a new reading of his work from this period.
Bringing to light materials from the Du Bois archives that have not been discussed before, Shamoon Zamir explores Du Bois's deep engagement with American and European philosophy and social science. He examines the impact on Du Bois of his studies at Harvard with William James and George Santayana, and shows how the experience of post-Reconstruction racism moved Du Bois from metaphysical speculation to the more instrumentalist knowledge of history and the new discipline of sociology, as well as toward the very different kind of understanding embodied in the literary imagination. Providing a new and detailed reading of "The Souls of Black Folk" in comparison with Hegel's "Phenomenology of Mind," Zamir challenges accounts that place Du Bois alongside Emerson and James, or characterize him as a Hegelian idealist. This reading also explores Du Bois's relationship to African American folk culture, and shows how Du Bois was able to dramatize the collapse of many of his hopes for racial justice and liberation.
The first book to place "The Souls of Black Folk" in its intellectual context, "Dark Voices" is a case study of African American literary development in relation to the broader currents of European and American thought.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1995
First published:	September 1995
Authors:	Shamoon Zamir
Dimensions:	23 x 16 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	308
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-97853-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	0-226-97853-2
Barcode:	9780226978536

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