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The Sociology of W. E. B. Du Bois The Sociology of W. E. B. Du Bois Racialized Modernity and the Global Color Line José Itzigsohn and Karida L. Brown NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York www.nyupress.org © 2020 by New York University All rights reserved An earlier version of chapter 1 was published as José Itzigsohn and Karida Brown, “So- ciology and the Theory of Double Consciousness: W. E. B. Du Bois’s Phenomenology of Racialized Subjectivity,” Du Bois Review, 12(2): 231– 248. In chapter 1 of this volume, we have developed and expanded the analysis presented in the article. References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Itzigsohn, José, 1960– author. | Brown, Karida, 1982– author. Title: The sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois : racialized modernity and the global color line / José Itzigsohn and Karida L. Brown. Description: New York : New York University Press, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019029128 | ISBN 9781479856770 (cloth) | ISBN 9781479804177 (paperback) | ISBN 9781479842292 (ebook) | ISBN 9781479830961 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868–1963. | Sociology—United States—History. | African Americans—Social conditions. | Race relations—United States—History. Classification: LCC HM477.U6 I89 2020 | DDC 323.092—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029128 New York University Press books are printed on acid- free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppli- ers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Also available as an ebook Frontispiece: W. E. B. Du Bois seated in carved wood Victorian armchair, smiling, Decem- ber, 1958. Source: W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312) Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. To our graduate students Du Bois My Ancestor Du Bois is not just a man but a rallying cry For those who— in the academe can’t muster a sigh Those who because of their identity and experiences are aware of power And what it does to those who are lower As they have lived it through their lives This is a roar by the one who was quiet And who has just found their voice— in their own generation Who are the first- gen of those who CAN call their reflections “knowledge” Before us, the voices of our ancestors were quashed and unheard. Make no mistake that even now We would have to struggle to be recognized They are “me- search” they would say. They are too “biased” they would say. “Your life story is not sociology” they would say. He is a beacon of hope as he stands for all our ancestors who were never heard He is our ancestor— we can point to and say See he was a sociologist— a scholar denied —Syeda Quratulain Masood Contents Preface: Finding Du Bois xi Introduction 1 1. Double Consciousness: The Phenomenology of Racialized Subjectivity 27 2. Racial and Colonial Capitalism 62 3. Du Bois’s Urban and Community Research Program 97 4. Public Sociology and Du Bois’s Evolving Program for Freedom 130 5. A Manifesto for a Contemporary Du Boisian Sociology 185 Acknowledgments 213 Glossary of Key Concepts 217 Notes 223 Bibliography 249 Index 259 About the Authors 273
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