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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458600703321

Autore

Rabaka Reiland <1972->

Titolo

Against epistemic apartheid [[electronic resource] ] : W. E. B. Du Bois and the disciplinary decadence of sociology / / Reiland Rabaka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2010

ISBN

1-282-56111-1

9786612561115

0-7391-4599-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/4092

Soggetti

Sociology - Philosophy

Sociology - United States - History

Sociology - Political aspects - United States - History

Degeneration - Social aspects - United States - History

African Americans - Intellectual life

African Americans - Segregation - History

Electronic books.

United States Intellectual life 1865-1918

United States Race relations History 19th century

United States Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch01. Du Bois and the Early Developmentof Urban and Rural Sociology; Ch02. Du Bois and the Sociology of Race; Ch03. Du Bois and the Sociology of Gender; Ch04. Du Bois and the Sociology of Religion; Ch05. Du Bois and the Sociology of Education; Ch06. Du Bois and the Sociology of Crime; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Against Epistemic Apartheid offers an archive-informed and accessible introduction to Du Bois's major contributions to sociology. In this intellectual history-making volume multiple award-winning W.E.B. Du Bois scholar Reiland Rabaka offers the first book-length treatment of Du Bois's seminal sociological discourse: from Du Bois as inventor of



the sociology of race, to Du Bois as the first sociologist of American religion; from Du Bois as a pioneer of urban and rural sociology, to Du Bois as innovator of the sociology of gender and inaugurator of intersectional sociology; and, finally, from Du