Being an African in the World
The Du Boisian Epistemology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9763877 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A MONTEIRO (0000-0001-9763-3485) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 568 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 220-234 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716200568001016 |
| OpenAlex | W4243994534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 17 |
W.E.B. Du Bois sought not merely to rewrite the history of Africa but to think in epistemological terms about what it meant to be an African in the modern world and its significance for social research. This becomes apparent in part from his earliest writing—in particular, a 1904 review of The Souls of Black Folk— but takes on a more conscious form in later works. Looking at Du Bois in this way locates his intellectual project in an African-centered challenge to European intellectual and civilizational hegemony, a challenge which is wider and more profound than modern-day Afrocentrism. To achieve what is no less than an epistemic break, he sought to reconceptualize Africa from the standpoint of an African in America. This article views the Du Boisian project as a rupture of vast proportions and one which has continuing value to the social and human sciences of the African
Epistemology · Hegemony · Human science · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · History · Law · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Du Bois on Trauma
Entlang der Farbenlinie“ W. E. B. Du Bois in Nazi-Deutschland
W. E. B. Du Bois as Interactionist
W.E.B. Du Bois's Evolving Africana Philosophy Of Education
An Historical Analysis of Skin Color Discrimination in America
Time, Space and Race
The Feminization of Social Welfare
The feminization of social services
Pan-Africanism
Implications of Eurocentrism for Social Work Education
The Sacred Unity in All the Diversity”
Forum
The Epistemic Crisis of African American Studies
DuBois the pan-Africanist and the development of African nationalism
The golden age of Black nationalism, 1850-1925
The world and Africa
W.E.B. Du Bois
Hereditary genius
The principles of psychology.
The American Evasion of Philosophy
W. E. B. Du Bois
The Philadelphia Negro
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Black Reconstruction in America
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870
David Levering Lewis
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870
The souls of black folks
The Study of the Negro Problems
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2023 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |