Liam Kofi Bright/ Brian Kelly/ Meera Sabaratnam

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W. E. B. Du Bois is usually remembered as a sociologist and civil rights campaigner, and his analysis of race and racism continues to shape the way social scientists think about these issues today. But a genuine polymath, he was also a skilled philosopher and in this event we will consider Du Bois’s philosophical thought, from art, propaganda, and science, to the very purpose of philosophy itself.

Speakers

Liam Kofi Bright, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, LSE

Brian Kelly, Reader in History, Queen’s University Belfast

Meera Sabaratnam, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, SOAS

Chair

Jonathan Birch, Fellow, Forum for Philosophy and Associate Professor of Philosophy, LSE

Organized in conjunction with the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, LSE and the Royal Institute of Philosophy

Recorded on 21 January 2019

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