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Book SynopsisNahum Dimitri Chandler offers a philosophical interpretation of W. E. B. Du Bois's 1897 American Negro Academy address, The Conservation of Races, proposing both a close reading of Du Bois's engagement of the concept of race and a meditation on Du Bois's conceptualization of historicity.
Trade Review"A complex and detailed philosophical analysis of W.E.B. Du Bois’ early thought. ... Chandler’s a sophisticated thinker and crafty wordsmith with broad knowledge, a vast vocabulary, and a writing style ripe with complex analytic musing and artistic stylization."
-- Sean Elias * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Acknowledgments xv
Note on Citations xvii
Part I. On Paragraph Four of “The Conservation of Races” 1
Part II. On the Question of the Illimitable in the Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois 81
Afterthought 145
Notes 147
References 161
Index 173
