The Spirit of Modern Europe
The Spirit of Modern Europe
ca. 1900
This chapter presents an essay by W. E. B. Du Bois that discusses the trend and meaning of modern European civilization. It first defines the meaning of the somewhat shadowy term, civilization. It then sketches in broad outline the concrete signs of culture in the aptly called Culture-States; discovers behind this picture the elements that combine to be the Spirit of Europe; and shows how that spirit does and ought to affect the American Negro. It argues that Europe currently stands for a systematic and continuous union of individual effort to promote Justice and Freedom by means of Knowledge and Authority.
Keywords: W. E. B. Du Bois, European civilization, culture-states, American Negro, justice, freedom, knowledge, authority
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