Darker Than Blue - On the Moral Economies of Black Atlantic Culture

Informationen zum Autor Paul Gilroy holds the Anthony Giddens Professorship in Social Theory at the London School of Economics. Klappentext Gilroy offers a new understanding of W. E. B. Du Bois¿ intellectual and political legacy and revitalizes the study of African American culture. He traces the shifting character of black intellectual and social movements, and shows how we can construct an account of moral progress that reflects today¿s complex realities. Zusammenfassung Gilroy offers a new understanding of W. E. B. Du Bois’ intellectual and political legacy and revitalizes the study of African American culture. He traces the shifting character of black intellectual and social movements, and shows how we can construct an account of moral progress that reflects today’s complex realities.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Gilroy, Gilroy Paul
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2011
• EAN: 9780674060234
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06023-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures; W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures; The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures; W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Material Culture, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General