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9780197579589

Co-workers in the Kingdom of Culture Classics and Cosmopolitanism in the Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois

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    9780197579589

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    0197579582

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2022-03-29
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


David Withun is an educator and historian whose research focuses on topics in historical and contemporary education, the influence of ancient myth and thought in modern literature and philosophy, and the accessibility of the liberal arts for all. He is the founding Head of School at Jacksonville
Classical Academy in Jacksonville, Florida.

Table of Contents


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

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