WEB Du Bois's book on suppressing Atlantic slave trade was for a long time *the* textbook, he published 1st US urban sociology, he came up with the now-standard historiography of Reconstruction, and came up with one of the clearest expositions of the epistemic case for democracy.
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He was a pioneer in US ethnomusicology for his work on African American spirituals, is deeply respected in philosophy for his work on the philosophy of race, aesthetics, and phenomenology, and if I have my way soon will be for philosophy of science! He had a super cool moustache.
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For all I hate on him... which I do quite a lot (
#NoHeroes)... I think WEB Du Bois is a decent contender for the most accomplished social theorist humanity has yet produced, in the same kinda league as Adam Smith or Ibn Khaldun.3 replies 0 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
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Replying to @lastpositivist @paul_hundred
There are good people on both sides of this debate.
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I’m happy to read someone’s argument for DuBois’ greatness
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