The Scholar Denied: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (732 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520276353 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Du Bois, at its center.The Scholar Denied is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, racial inequality, and the academy. 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. Park at the University of Chicago, who worked with the conservative black leader Booker T. In this groundbreaking book, Aldon D. Du Bois’s work in the founding of the discipline. B. Washington to render Du Bois invisible. In challenging our understanding of the past, the book promises to engender debate and discussion. B. . Morris’s ambition is truly monumental: to help rewrite the history of sociology and to acknowledge the primacy of W. 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
SeattleBookMama said Brilliant, Scholarly Study Sets the Record Straight. 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. 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'"The Scholar Denied"is a raucous and, at times, sobering and maddening romp through a segment of intellectual life of the early 20th century that, even to the modern ears of The Diaspora, frequently sounds all too familiar."--Black Kos"Daily Kos" (10/06/2015)""Morris s book"The Scholar Denied"affords us insight into a historical moment when white audiences especially within academia often ignored, rather than sought out, the experiential expertise of black intellectuals. While Du Bois s relationship with academic sociology evolved over his nearly seven-decade career, at th