Co-workers in the Kingdom of Culture

Co-workers in the Kingdom of Culture

Classics and Cosmopolitanism in the Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois

Withun, David

Oxford University Press Inc

06/2022

256

Dura

Inglês

9780197579589

15 a 20 dias

476

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Classical Education of W. E. B. Du Bois
The Classics and Du Bois's Enduring Moral Vision
Du Bois's High School and College Education
Du Bois's Education at Harvard
Classicism and Pragmatism at Harvard
Du Bois, Santayana, and Platonic Aesthetics
Du Bois Inside and Outside Western Civilization
Conclusion

Chapter 2: American Archias: Cicero, Epic Poetry, and The Souls of Black Folk
Cicero and The Souls of Black Folk
African American History and Epic Poetry
The Autobiography of a Culture Hero
Du Bois's Epic Novels
Citizenship and Humanitas in Du Bois's Thought
Conclusion

Chapter 3: The Influence of Plato on the Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois
Contemporary Context: Plato and Egalitarian Elitism
Sources for Du Bois's Egalitarian Elitism
Du Bois's Commitment to Truth
The Philosopher-Kings and the Talented Tenth
Du Bois and Washington on Civilization and Education
The Talented Tenth and the Message of Black Folk
The Sorrow Songs and the Allegory of the Cave
Marxism and Platonism in Du Bois's Thought
Conclusion

Chapter 4: Anti-Racist Metamorphoses in Du Bois's Classical References
Background: Whiteness and the Classics
A Time Before Race: Ancient Culture as Non-Racial Culture
Black People in Antiquity
Classical Subversion in the African American Tradition
Conclusion

Chapter 5: The History of the "Darker Peoples" of the World: Afrocentrism and Cosmopolitanism in the Later Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois
The Miseducation of the Negro
The Negro and The Star of Ethiopia
The World and Africa
The Unity of the "Darker Peoples"
African in Modern History
"Home" to Africa
Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index