Problem of the Future World W. E. B. du Bois and the Race Concept at Midcentury

Name: Problem of the Future World W. E. B. du Bois and the Race Concept at Midcentury
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ISBN: 9780822348085

ISBN-10: 082234808X

ISBN-13: 9780822348085

Edition: 2010

Authors: Eric Porter

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The Problem of the Future Worldis a compelling reassessment of the later writings of the iconic African American activist and intellectual W. E. B. Du Bois. As Eric Porter points out, despite the outpouring of scholarship devoted to Du Bois, the broad range of writing he produced during the 1940s and early 1950s has not been thoroughly examined in its historical context, nor has sufficient attention been paid to the theoretical interventions he made during those years. Porter locates Du Bois's late work in relation to what he calls "the first post-racial moment." He suggests that Du Bois's mid-century writings are so distinctive and so relevant for contemporary scholarship, because they…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Rewriting Du Bois's Future



Race and the Future World



Beyond War and Peace



Imagining Africa, Reimagining the World



Paradoxes of Loyalty


Notes


Bibliography


Index