The Public Intellectualism of Ralph Waldo Emerson and W.E.B. Du Bois: Emotional Dimensions of Race and Reform [Paperback]

In the?first in-depth study of the emotional dimensions?of Du Bois's and Emerson's writings on public intellectualism, reform, and race, Schneider offers a valuable and eloquent contribution to the critical tradition.Introduction: The Province of Public Intellectualism: Emerson, Du Bois, Emotion, and Reform Writing? Race: You'll Know It When You Feel It Double Consciousness: It's More Than What You Think Losing Your Head: Why Du Bois and Emerson (Mostly) Like John Brown Intimate Attachments:?Fathers, Sons, and Public Intellectuals Afterword

Both Emersonians and Du Boisians will be deeply engaged by Schneider s innovative arguments about the understudied interconnections between these two figures. Schneider s analysis of emotion and intellect - or more precisely, how affect interfaces with cognition - emerges organically out of his close readings of the work of each thinker, and he demonstrates, often to arresting effect, the centrality of feeling in their reform writings. This accessible, penetrating study will appeal to people in a variety of fields - literature, history, philosophy, sociology, and American Studies - and is a must-read for anyone interested in questions of race, affect and cognition, and social reform. - Dana Nelson, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and American Studies, Vanderbilt University and author of The Word in Black and White and National Manhood

By viewing the intertwined emotional and intellectual development of Emerson and Du Bois through the lens of double consciousness, Schneider opens up striking new ways to understand the connections between these major figures, each one arguably the most important reform-minded public intellectual of his day. - Eric J. Sundquist, Foundation Professor of Literature, UCLA

A carefully researched, inventive, and compelling study of two towering figures in American intellectual history. Rather than opt for a conventional charting of influenlÓ#