Du Bois's dialectics
Subtitle: Black radical politics and the reconstruction of critical social theory
By: Reiland Rabaka.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780739119570
Subjects: Du Bois, W. E. B. -- 1868-1963 -- Political and social views; African Americans -- Politics and government; Radicalism -- United States; Critical theory -- United States; Critical pedagogy -- United States; Religion and sociology -- United States; African Americans -- Reparations; African Americans -- Study and teaching
Other titles: DuBois's dialectics
Description: "Du Bois's Dialectics is doubly distinguished from other books on W.E.B. Du Bois because it is the first extended exploration of Du Bois's contributions to new critical theory and the first book-length treatment of his contributions to contemporary black radical politics and the developing discipline of Africana studies. 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 Dialectic 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. Reiland Rabaka offers the first critical theoretical treatment of the W.B.B. Du Bois-Booker T. Washington debate, which lucidly highlights Du Bois's transition from a bourgeois black liberal to a black radical and revolutionary democratic socialist. This book is primarily directed at scholars and advanced undergraduate and graduate students working in and associated with Africana studies, American studies, ethnic studies, and cultural studies."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.