W. E. B Dubois Double Consciousness Summary

W. E. B. Du Bois introduced a term called Double Consciousness with the purpose of defining a person whose individuality is divided into multiple facets. “Double Consciousness” reveals the divisions within American society, and functions as a theoretical instrument that allows for a full understanding of those separations. Du Bois coined the term in 1897, in his article entitled Strivings of the Negro People, published in the Atlantic Monthly. Later, the article was slightly revised, to be republished under the title Of Our Spiritual Strivings in his collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk. Du Bois’ established a concept that sought to accurately describe the sensed contradiction between social values and day-to-day struggle confronted