Human Conditions: ‘The Souls of Black Folk’ by W.E.B. Du Bois
<p>Brent Hayes Edwards and Adam discuss the ‘ur-text of Black political philosophy’, W.E.B. Du Bois’s&nbsp;<em>The Souls of Black Folk</em>. Spanning autobiography, history, biography, fiction, music criticism and political science, its fourteen essays set the tone for Black literature, political debate and scholarly production for the course of the 20th century.&nbsp;<em>Souls</em>&nbsp;was an immediate bestseller, the subject of furious debate and a foundational work in the new field of sociology.</p><br><p>Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:</p><p>Subscribe to Close Readings:</p><p>Directly in Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://lrb.me/hcapplesignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/conditionssignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/closereadings</a></p><br><p>Brent Hayes Edwards is a scholar of African American and Francophone literature and of jazz studies at Columbia University.</p><p>Get in touch: [email protected]</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Brent Hayes Edwards and Adam discuss the ‘ur-text of Black political philosophy’, W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk. Spanning autobiography, history, biography, fiction, music criticism and political science, its fourteen essays set the tone for Black literature, political debate and scholarly production for the course of the 20th century. Souls was an immediate bestseller, the subject of furious debate and a foundational work in the new field of sociology.
Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe:
Subscribe to Close Readings:
Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPq
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Brent Hayes Edwards is a scholar of African American and Francophone literature and of jazz studies at Columbia University.
Get in touch: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.