Dark side of the light : slavery and the French Enlightenment /
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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English French |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press
©2006.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttttzq9 |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxvi, 165 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816696208 0816696209 081664389X 9780816643899 0816643881 9780816643882 |