Dark side of the light: slavery and the french enlightenment
Auteur :
Sala-Molins, Louis
Éditeur :
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN :
9780816643899
Date de publication :
24 févr. 2006
Dimensions :
20,3 x 12,7 x 2,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Addresses the philosophy and politics of slavery during the French Enlightenment. This book scrutinizes Condorcet's "Reflections on Negro Slavery" and the works of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot side by side with the "Code Noir", to uncover attempts to uphold the humanist project of the Enlightenment while simultaneously justifying slavery.