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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Sala-Molins, Louis
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
francés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press ©2006.
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttttzq9
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Translator's Introduction: The Color of the Enlightenment; Dark Side of the Light: Slavery and the French Enlightenment; Preface; 1. Condorcet, "Lamenting"; 2. The Market of Equals; 3. Of Men and (Under) Dogs; Epilogue; Notes; Index.