Against epistemic apartheid
Subtitle: W.E.B. Du Bois and the disciplinary decadence of sociology
By: Reiland Rabaka.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780739145975; 9780739145982; 9780739145999
Subjects: Du Bois, W. E. B. -- 1868-1963 -- Political and social views; Sociology -- Philosophy; Sociology -- United States -- History; Sociology -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Degeneration -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; African Americans -- Intellectual life; African Americans -- Segregation -- History; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1865-1918; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: On the beginning(s) of epistemic apartheid : Du Bois, intellectual segregation, conceptual incarceration, and the disciplinary decadence of sociology; title: Du Bois and the early development of urban and rural sociology : the Philadelphia Negro and the sociology of the souls of Black farming folk; title: Du Bois and the sociology of race : the sociology of the souls of Black and White (among other) folk; title: Du Bois and the sociology of gender : "the damnation of women," "the freedom of womanhood," and the insurgent intersectional sociology of the souls of Black (among other) female folk; title: Du Bois and the sociology of religion : the sociology of the souls of religious Black (among other) folk; title: Du Bois and the sociology of education : critiquing the (mis)education of Black (among other) folk; title: Du Bois and the sociology of crime : critiquing the racial criminalization of Black (among other) folk; title: Conclusion: On ending epistemic apartheid : continuing Du Bois's transdisciplinary trangressions.