In the Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois develops the concept of “double consciousness” – a paradoxical consciousness that embodies both absolute self-certainty and no certainty simultaneously. It is a state of consciousness behind a veil. “This curtain [of appearance], therefore, hanging before the inner world is withdrawn, and we have here the inner being … Continue reading The Rending of the Veil of Double Consciousness
