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Dark Side of the Light: Slavery and the French Enlightenment Louis Sala-Molins Annotated edition
Dark Side of the Light: Slavery and the French Enlightenment
Louis Sala-Molins
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.
176 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 24, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780816643899 |
| Publishers | University of Minnesota Press |
| Pages | 176 |
| Dimensions | 204 × 130 × 14 mm · 228 g |
| Language | English French |
| Translator | Conteh-Morgan, John |
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