{"product_id":"the-spirit-vs-the-souls-9780268106010","title":"The Spirit vs. the Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the extensive scholarship on Max Weber (18641920) and W. E. B. Du Bois (18681963), very little of it examines the contact between the two founding figures of Western sociology. Drawing on their correspondence from 1904 to 1906, and comparing the sociological work that they produced during this period and afterward, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit vs. the Souls: Max Weber, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the Politics of Scholarship\u003c\/i\u003e examines for the first time the ideas that Weber and Du Bois shared on topics such as sociological investigation, race, empire, unfree labor, capitalism, and socialism. What emerges from this examination is that their ideas on these matters clashed far more than they converged, contrary to the tone of their letters and to the interpretations of the few scholars who have commented on the correspondence between Weber and Du Bois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher McAuley provides close readings of key texts by the two scholars, including Weber''s \u003ci\u003eThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of C\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I think \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit vs. the Souls\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding book. The chapters on Max Weber, religion, and capitalism are simply brilliant. I like the rich, textured, and excellent grounding on both the privileges of Weber and W. E. B. Du Bois. I believe that this book will be a hit, a well-rounded, much-needed appraisal of two giants of the discipline of sociology, race, and critical scholarship.\" —Rodney Coates, Miami University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Spirit vs. the Souls\u003c\/i\u003e advances a well-imagined conversation between two of the most eminent sociologists of the last century, especially concerning capitalism, imperialism, and the significance of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the shaping of the modern world. Conceptually intriguing and rigorously documented, Christopher McAuley’s astute observations on the rival notions of Weber and Du Bois—and the broader politics of thinking about \u003ci\u003erace\u003c\/i\u003e—should be measured as an outstanding contribution to African American intellectual history.\" —Patrick B. Miller, Northeastern Illinois University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"McAuley explores the little-known personal and intellectual relationship between Max Weber and W. E. B. Du Bois in this volume. The two scholars corresponded briefly until, as McAuley claims, the divergence in their ideas made an ongoing relationship impossible. Today, he argues, academia remembers Weber incorrectly as the 'pure scholar,' while downgrading and misconstruing Du Bois’s intellectual credentials as those of a mere 'political academic.'\" —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsequences of Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerils of Power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParalysis of Polarization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConundrums of Communications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReveries of Reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresidency in Progress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Chronology of the Modern American Presidency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Further Reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400752275799,"sku":"9780268106010","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268106010.jpg?v=1730471475","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-spirit-vs-the-souls-9780268106010","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}