Pan-Africanism and Economic Nationalism
W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction and the Failings of the “Black Marxism” Thesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9001980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Anderson (0009-0003-9437-5902, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 732-757 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021934717717979 |
| OpenAlex | W2762166595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 22 |
In recent decades, it has become popular to read the later work of W. E. B. Du Bois through a Marxist lens. Not only is Du Bois often considered a participant in the Marxist tradition, his historiographical masterpiece Black Reconstruction is often offered up as evidence for such arguments. Here, I challenge those who have attempted to interpret Du Bois as a Marxist by situating his work in relation to the Pan-African tradition to which he dedicated decades of his life. Du Bois’s views on Reconstruction and economics are shaped by Pan-African ideas, not Marxist theory, and his theoretical and practical confrontations with both his White and Black Marxist contemporaries reveals the distance between his Pan-Africanism and their Marxism. Contrary to the prevailing interpretations, Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction is not a Marxist text but a Pan-Africanist argument against Marxism’s inability to account for the structure of modern European Empire
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |