Dark Side of the Light : Slavery and the French Enlightenment /

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Translated into English for the first time, Dark Side of the Light scrutinizes Condorcet's Reflections on Negro Slavery and the works of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot side by side with the Code Noir (the royal document that codified the rules of French Caribbean slavery). In doing so, reno...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sala-Molins, Louis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slavery > French colonies.
Race relations.
Enlightenment.
Abolitionists.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Siecle des Lumieres > France.
Abolitionnistes > France > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Enlightenment > France.
Abolitionists > France > History > 18th century.
Slavery > France > Colonies > History > 18th century.
Lesser Antilles > West Indies, French.
France.
Antilles françaises > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siecle.
West Indies, French > Race relations > History > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Translated into English for the first time, Dark Side of the Light scrutinizes Condorcet's Reflections on Negro Slavery and the works of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot side by side with the Code Noir (the royal document that codified the rules of French Caribbean slavery). In doing so, renowned French intellectual Louis Sala-Molins uncovers attempts to uphold the humanist project of the Enlightenment while simultaneously justifying slavery.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages).
ISBN:9780816696208

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