THE BLACK THINKER: An examination of W. E. Du Bois’ Life Paul Andrew Bourne ABSTRACT The historical contributions, significance and potency of a particular sect of people within our space appear to lack impetus, whenever we begin to examine, analyze, and/or delve into the contribution of the same people to various arenas of world history. It seems that a black force covers the inputs of Blacks in our annals. The issues of racism, colonialism, separatism and apartheid become ...

The Historical Sociologists Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc (pending); B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION It was during the unprecedented social upheavals in Europe that the formal study of sociology emerged as a discipline to explain social phenomena. The industrialization of topologies at the time meant that people were migrating from rural to urban areas, and the traditional agents of authority, such as the Church and the landed aristocracy, were losing much of their influe...

By Paul Andrew Bourne Introduction Culture has three major tenets, and these are: ‘technological’, ‘sociological’ and ‘ideological’ (Bourne, 2006; Thomlinson, 1965) Political Sciences cannot be viewed in a vacuum disconnected from the other sub-disciplines of the social sciences, as it is continuously interfacing with issues in sociology, psychology and demography, to name a few, in order to ground various theorizing. The issue of socialization is crucial to political scientis...

Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. The hegemonic categorization of the Jamaican landscape is primarily the justifiable reason for the sophisticated demonstrations and social hemorrhaging. Many of those happenings are caused from the lack of monologue of the business constituents. This group of elitists has exponentially benefited from playing the proletariat class. They have not offered their clientele the respect of voice on matters of social concerns or political mismanagement. ...

by Paul Andrew Bourne Introduction It was during the unprecedented social upheavals in Europe that the formal study of sociology was developed. The industrialization of the topologies at the time meant that people were migrating from rural to urban areas, and the traditional agents of authority, such as the Church and the landed aristocracy, were losing much of their influence. This period earmarked the birth of organized labour, modern industrial capitalism and many revolutions and r...

By Paul Andrew Bourne All modern societies are driven by a materialistic system through which perspectives, advancement and power are measured, and these determine ones socio-cultural space within the general society. It is through this structure, that one is fed diets of individualism; to which, competitiveness, market mechanism and efficiency replace values, moral and human empathy; which then gives rise to poverty. This guides the process to which many people are cohered in the system w...