Sunday, July 10, 2011
Haiti, Hegel, and Universal History by Susan Buck-Morss
This book contends that Hegel's ideas about the relationship between masters and slaves is not rooted in ancient philosophy, but in his own observations of the unfolding Haitian Revolution. Buck-Morss is interested in the connections between freemasonry and the Haitian Revolution as well. I found her arguments fairly convincing, especially in lining up Hegel's reading and newspaper coverage of the Haitian Revolution.
Labels:
academia,
Caribbean,
colonialism,
Haiti,
hemisphere,
history,
philosophy,
post/colonial,
revolution,
slavery,
voodoo,
war
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