Dark Side of the Light: Slavery and the French Enlightenment - Louis Sala-Molins - Books - University of Minnesota Press - 9780816643882 - February 24, 2006
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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

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 24, 2006
ISBN13 9780816643882
Publishers University of Minnesota Press
Pages 176
Dimensions 127 × 203 × 18 mm   ·   299 g
Language English   French  
Translator Conteh-Morgan, John

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