Du Bois's dialectics : Black radical politics and the reconstruction of critical social theory / Reiland Rabaka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabaka, Reiland, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963--Political and social views.

Du Bois, W. E. B.

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

Radicalism--United States.

Radicalism.

Critical theory--United States.

Critical theory.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Political and social views.

United States.

Religion and sociology--United States.

Religion and sociology.

African Americans--Reparations.

African Americans--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

xxix, 323 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

DuBois's dialectics

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2008]

Summary:

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 Dialectics 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. E. 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.

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments: Du Bois's Dialectics and the Africana Tradition of Critical Theory ix

1 Introduction: Du Bois, the Renewal of Black Radical Politics, and the Reconstruction of Critical Social Theory 1

2 Africana Critical Pedagogy: Du Bois's Philosophy of Education, Sociology of Education, Anthropology of Education, and Critical Educational Theory 43

3 The Du Bois-Washington Debate: Social Leadership, Intellectual Legacy, and the Lingering Problematics of African American Politics 81

4 The Prophet of Problems: Du Bois's Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Critique of the Black (and White) Church, and Critical Theory of Liberation Theology 119

5 Critical Reparations Theory: Du Bois's Revolutionary Pan-Africanism and Revolutionary Humanism 159

6 Conclusion: The Souls of Black Radical Folk: Du Bois, Africana Studies, and the Crises of Contemporary Critical Social Theory 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-310) and index.

ISBN:

9780739119570

0739119575

OCLC:

232256977