An Introduction to W.E.B. Du Bois

ISBN-13: 9780367470920 / Twarda / 2024 / 160 str.

USA) Wright II Earl (Rhodes College

Opis

An accessible examination of W.E.B. Du Bois’s contributions to social science, this book explores the continuing relevance of his thought to contemporary contexts, highlighting his importance to Black Sociology, as well as to social theory and research methods - a field in which his work has often been overlooked.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Early Life and (Scientific) Racism 3. Contributions to Research Methods 4. Major Theories 5. Contemporary Applications 6. Black Sociology and the Future of Du Boisian Sociology

O autorze

Earl Wright II is Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Rhodes College, USA, and recipient of the 2016 Charles S. Johnson Award from the Southern Sociological Society. He is the author of The First American School of Sociology: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Atlanta Sociological Laboratory and Jim Crow Sociology: The Black and Southern Roots of American Sociology, and the co-editor of Re-Positioning Race: Prophetic Research in a Post-Racial Obama Age, What to Expect and How to Respond: Distress and Success in Academia, and The Ashgate Research Companion to Black Sociology.

Kalasia S. Ojeh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville, USA.