The Scholar Denied: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520276353 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Brilliant, Scholarly Study Sets the Record Straight SeattleBookMama Morris considers DuBois the father of American sociology, and Morris is right. This is, of course, not the first time a Black man was robbed of credit for an accomplishment that was instead credited to a Caucasian American. It happens all the time. But until I ran across this scholarly study, I hadn’t thought about DuBois and sociology because I had never studied the latter. As an admirer of DuBois’ historical and political role, I was drawn to this book when I found it on Net Galley. Thank you to that excellent site as well as Universi. This is a must read for anyone interested in the This is a must read for anyone interested in the history of modern sociology. A game changing book that will forever alter the history of American Sociology.
Morris should be congratulated for providing us a mandate to both think differently about and conduct more work on the legacy of this brilliant scholar."--Alford A. And it is a reminder that the cost of such marginalization is not simply an ethical one, it is an epistemic one. It is a call to be just a little more skeptical about those sociological standpoints that purport universality when are not and can never be. It is also bigger than questions about who to include on our syllabi, or what stories we tell of the University of Chicago. "Groundbreaking A must-read the book promises to engender debate and discussion."--Marshal Zeringue"HEPPAS Books" (08/15/2015)"Groundbreaking."--Hilary Hurd Anyaso"Northwestern" (08/26/2015)"An excellent addition to your library
In exposing the economic and political factors that marginalized the contributions of Du Bois and enabled Park and his colleagues to be recognized as the fathers” of the discipline, Morris delivers a wholly new narrative of American intellectual and social history that places one of America’s key intellectuals, W. Du Bois’s work in the founding of the discipline. B. E. Morris uncovers the seminal theoretical work of Du Bois in developing a scientific” sociology through a variety of methodologies and examines how the leading scholars of the day disparaged and ignored Du Bois’s work.The Scholar Denied is based on extensive, rigorous primary source research; the book is the result of a decade of research, writing, and revision. Park at the University of Chicago, who worked with the conservative black leader Booker T. Washington to render Du Bois invisible. In challenging our understanding of the past, the book promises to engender debate and discussion. Morris’s ambition is truly monumental: to help rewrite the history of sociology and to acknowledge the primacy of W. In this groundbreaking book, Aldon D. Calling into question the prevailing narrative of how sociology developed, Morris, a major scholar of social movements, probes the way in which the history of the discipline has traditionally given credit to Robert E. Du Bois, at its center.The Scholar Denied i