The Social and Political Philosophy of W.E.B. Du Bois

Graduate / Professional

In this seminar we examine three of Du Bois’s books— The Souls of Black Folk (1903), Darkwater (1920), and Black Reconstruction (1935)—with some attention to a fourth, Dusk of Dawn (1940). We also give attention to some of Du Bois's essays. Through close readings of these writings, we consider Du Bois’s evolving conceptualization of the “Negro Problem” in the perspective of his philosophy of the human sciences, his political thought, and his aesthetics. M 1:30pm-3:25pm