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Zusatztext An extremely important contribution. Not only does Reed critically reclaim Du Bois as part of the traditions of both African American and American political thought, but he also locates Du Bois's thought and work in the dynamic changes in the political economy and racial politics of late 19th and 20th century America. Reed's book will be discussed and argued about for years, both for its provocative account of Du Bois's lifework and for its capacity to inform not only contemporary political debate, but also contemporary political action. Informationen zum Autor Adolph L. Reed, Jr is Professor of African-American Studies and Political Science at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He is a regular columnist for The Village Voice and a frequent contributor to The Progressive and The Nation Klappentext In this explosive book, Adolph Reed covers for the first time the full sweep and totality of W. E. B. Du Bois's political thought. Departing from existing scholarship, Reed locates the sources of Du Bois's thought in the cauldron of reform-minded intellectual life at the turn of the century, demonstrating that a commitment to liberal collectivism, an essentially Fabian socialism, remained pivotal in Du Bois's thought even as he embraced a range of political programs over time, including radical, Marxism. He remaps the history of twentieth-century progressive thought and sharply criticizing recent trends in Afro-American, literary, and cultural studies. Zusammenfassung This study of W.E.B. DuBois simultaneously analyzes the political thought of one of the leading black American intellectuals and activists of this century, provides a model for the study of the history of political thought, and offers a penetrating interpretation of contemporary black thought.
