Lines of Descent
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Kwame Anthony Espinosa | ISBN: | 9780674419353 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | February 27, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kwame Anthony Espinosa |
| ISBN: | 9780674419353 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | February 27, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
W. E. B. Du Bois never felt so at home as when he was a student in Berlin. Germany was the first place white people had treated him as an equal. But anti-Semitism was prevalent, and Du Bois' challenge, says Kwame Anthony Appiah, was to take the best of German intellectual life without its parochialism--to steal the fire without getting burned.
W. E. B. Du Bois never felt so at home as when he was a student in Berlin. Germany was the first place white people had treated him as an equal. But anti-Semitism was prevalent, and Du Bois' challenge, says Kwame Anthony Appiah, was to take the best of German intellectual life without its parochialism--to steal the fire without getting burned.
