Un-American W.E.B. Du Bois and the Century of World Revolution / Bill V Mullen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullen, Bill, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-imperialist movements.

Democracy.

Internationalism.

Peace movements.

Political and social views.

Revolutionaries.

Revolutions.

World politics.

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

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

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Un-American is Bill Mullen's revisionist account of renowned author and activist W.E.B. Du Bois's political thought toward the end of his life, a period largely dismissed and neglected by scholars. He describes Du Bois's support for what the Communist International called 'world revolution' as the primary objective of this aged radical's activism. Du Bois was a champion of the world's laboring millions and critic of the Cold War, a man dedicated to animating global political revolution. Mullen argues that Du Bois believed that the Cold War stalemate could create the conditions in which the world powers could achieve not only peace but workers' democracy. Un-American shows Du Bois to be deeply engaged in international networks and personal relationships with revolutionaries in India, China, and Africa. Mullen explores how thinkers like Karl Marx, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohandas Gandhi, and C.L.R. James helped him develop a theory of world revolution at a stage in his life when most commentators regard him as marginalized. This original political biography also challenges assessments of Du Bois as an American 'race man'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Forethought

From Comintern to the "Colonial International" : Making the Diasporic International, Making World Revolution

"Experiments of Marxism: : W.E.B. Du Bois and the Specter of 1917

India, the "Indian Ideology," and the World Revolution

World Revolution at the Crossroads : Japan, China and the Long Shadow of Stalinism

Making Peace : Gendering the World Revolution/Reckoning the Third World

The Afterthought.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439911112

1439911118

OCLC:

918892785