The Soul-less Souls of Black Folk: A Sociological Reconsideration of Black Consciousness as Du Boisian Double Consciousness - Softcover

Mocombe, Paul C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761842950 ISBN 13: 9780761842958

Publisher: University Press of America, 2008

Synopsis

Paul Mocombe takes on a giant of black sociology, Dr. William Du Bois, challenging his famous thesis in the Souls of Black Folk. Proposing an original socio-historic interpretation of black consciousness, Mocombe offers an engaging, combative and insightful theory vital for considering the state of black America today.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul C. Mocombe is the president/CEO of The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc. A social theorist interested in the application of social theory to contemporary issues such as race, class, and capitalism (globalization), he is the author of, A Labor Approach to the Development of the Self or Modern Personality: The Case of Public Education, Education in Globalization, Mocombe's Reading Room Series, and The Mocombeian Strategy: The Reason for, and Answer to Black Failure in Capitalist Education.

Review:

Paul Mocombe's The Soul-less Souls of Black Folk: A Sociological Reconsideration of Black Consciousness as Du Boisian Double Consciousness is an important and long overdue contribution that argues convincingly and eloquently for a re-interpretation of black consciousness. It offers possibilities for transformation at global, political and social arenas by inviting scholars and communities to conceptualize and problematize the impacts of slavery, migration and displacement, and colonialism and post-colonialism on consciousness, knowledge and subjectivities relevant to current post-industrial societies. Academics, professionals and activists in the fields of sociology, philosophy, anti-colonial, anti-racist and ethnic and racial studies, both in North American and in the Diaspora, can benefit greatly by reading and using this book. (Dr. Amal Madibbo, Assistant Professor, Calgary University, Alberta, Canada)

Paul Mocombe takes on a giant of black sociology, Dr. William Du Bois, challenging his famous thesis in the Souls of Black Folk. Proposing an original socio-historic interpretation of black consciousness, Mocombe offers an engaging, combative and insightful theory vital for considering the state of black America today. (Jerry Harris, Sect. Global Studies Association)

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0761842950
• ISBN 13: 9780761842958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96