In this editorial collection, five sociologists share their opinions on why there has been a recent proliferation of scholarship on Du Bois, and summarize their own position in relation to this intellectual area. Ranging from reflections on how they “discovered” Du Bois's works, through to assessments of American sociology's reception of Du Bois's scholarship, the idea of this brief piece is to provide an insight into some of the potential driving forces behind the boom in Du Boisian scholarship.

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为什么是现在？关于杜波依斯革命的思考


在这本社论集中，五位社会学家分享了他们对为什么最近关于杜波依斯的学术激增的看法，并总结了他们自己在这一知识领域的立场。从对他们如何“发现”杜波依斯作品的反思，到对美国社会学对杜波依斯学术的接受程度的评估，这篇短文的目的是深入了解杜波依斯学术繁荣背后的一些潜在驱动力。