| Series |
Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies. ^A446952
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| Contents |
Introduction: Du Bois has left us, but he has not died / Phillip Luke Sinitiere -- Part I: Politics and protest. The rational and the irrational: W. E. B. Du Bois's excavation of whiteness, 1935-1960 / Lisa J. McLeod -- Politics, poetry, and prose: W. E. B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction, and the origins of our times / Carlton Dwayne Floyd and Thomas Ehrlich Reifer -- In pursit of peace where freedom chokes: W. E. B. Du Bois confronts the Cold War / Werner Lange -- I am certainly not a conservative: W. E. B. Du Bois, democratic socialism, and Black Marxism / Reiland Rabaka -- Part II: Identity and culture. Democracy in America is impossible: the pessimistic prophecy of W. E. B. Du Bois in "Why I Won't Vote" / Andre E. Johnson -- The dharma of socialism: how Hindu thought influenced W. E. B. Du Bois's vision for Afro-Asian solidarity / Murali Balaji -- W. E. B. Du Bois and African American humanism / Christopher Cameron -- Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called communists: W. E. B. Du Bois and American religious culture, 1935-1963 / Phillip Luke Sinitiere -- Part III: Literature and legacy. The mutual comradeship of W. E. B. Du Bois and radical Black women, 1935-1963 / Charisse Burden-Stelly -- Martin Luther King Jr. and the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois / Robert Greene II -- W. E. B. Du Bois's UnAmerican end, reconsidered / Jodi Melamed and Tyler Monson -- Geography of freedom: partnership in preservation and public history at W. E. B. Du Bois's boyhood homesite / Camesha Scruggs -- Afterword / Eric Porter. |
| Abstract |
"Although the career of W. E. B. Du Bois was remarkable in its entirety, a large majority of scholarship focuses on the first five or six decades. Overlooked and understudied, the closing three decades of Du Bois's career reflect a generative period of his life in terms of teaching, travel, activism, and publications. Forging Freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's Twilight Years: No Deed but Memory proposes to narrate the political, social, and cultural significance of Du Bois's career during the controversial closing three decades of his life. Du Bois's twilight years were tremendously controversial: his persistent criticism of the collusion between capitalism and racism and his choice to join the Communist Party in late 1961 raised the ire of many. At the time, Du Bois's strident advocacy of socialism and turn to communism during the Cold War oriented most scholars away from delving into his late career. While only a few scholars have engaged the productivity of Du Bois's later years, the fact is that an anticommunist, antiradical animus has followed Du Bois in the half century since his death. As a result, Du Bois scholarship remains impoverished to the extent that academics neglect his later years. The essays in Forging Freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's Twilight Years detail selected aspects of Du Bois's later decades and their particular connection to American social, political, and cultural history between the 1930s and the 1960s. While international concerns and a global perspective also fundamentally defined Du Bois's latter years, chronicling his final decades in a US context presents fresh insight into his twilight years. Du Bois's commitment to freedom's flourishing during this period animated the Black freedom struggle's war against white supremacy. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that the durability of Du Bois's intellectual achievements remains relevant to the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Forging freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's twilight years Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2023 9781496846181 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| LCCN | 2023008547 |
| ISBN | 9781496846174 |
| ISBN | 9781496846167 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1496846168 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1496846176 (trade paperback) |
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| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
