Annotations : on the early thought of W. E. B. Du Bois / Nahum Dimitri Chandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandler, Nahum Dimitri, author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Du Bois, W. E. B.

African Americans--Civil rights--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 180 pages).

Other Title:

On the early thought of W. E. B. Du Bois

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"Annotations is a close study of the philosophical dimensions of the early thought of W. E. B. Du Bois with regard to the idea of human differences and on historicity. Nahum Chandler puts forward a thorough and annotative interpretation of W. E. B. Du Bois's 1897 Negro Academy address "The Conservation of Races." In this early speech, which Chandler sees as a signal text, Du Bois examines the idea of race, and the way Africa and its diasporas have been considered by history. The interpretation is organized into two parts, the first being a paragraph by paragraph interpretation and the second being a meditation on Du Bois's ideas of history and historicity. Over the course of the book, Chandler uses the critical practices of Jacques Derrida to develop a critical hermeneutic of this address and, in doing so, refigures how we think about the lineage of Du Bois's thought. Chandler argues that the address prompts a reimagining of historicity, especially in the context of the historical development of the concept of human and the significance of space and time to that development"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An Opening-At the Limit of Thought, a Preface

A Notation: The Practice of W. E. B. Du Bois as a Problem for Thought-Amidst the Turn of the Centuries

Part I. On Paragraph Four of "The Conservation of Races"

Part II. On the Question of the Illimitable in the Thought of W. E. B Du Bois.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Chandler, Nahum Dimitri. Annotations.

ISBN:

9781478023029

1478023023

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Restricted for use by site license.