{"product_id":"the-haitian-revolution-capitalism-slavery-and-counter-modernity-hardback-9781509535477","title":"The Haitian Revolution; Capitalism, Slavery and Counter-Modernity (Hardback) 9781509535477","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Haitian Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCapitalism, Slavery and Counter-Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEduardo Grüner (Author), Ramsey McGlazer (Translated by), Gisela Catanzaro (Preface by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509535477, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Eduardo Grüner’s remarkable book is not only a brilliant discussion of slavery and the Haitian Revolution; it is also a profound philosophical and critical reflection, from the viewpoint of the slaves’ rebellion, on the contradictions of Eurocentric Enlightenment and of Western (capitalist) modernity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Löwy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Revolution in the Young Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“What is revolutionary today about the Haitian Revolution, in which African slaves brought Napoleon's army to ignominious defeat? How does it fundamentally challenge ways of thinking not just about modern history, but about thinking itself? Read Grüner’s book to find the answers to these pertinent questions.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Taussig, Professor, Columbia University, Class of 1933\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is impossible to understand capitalism without analyzing slavery, an institution that tied together three world regions: Europe, the Americas, and Africa. The exploitation of slave labor led to a form of proto-globalization in which violence was indispensable to the production of wealth. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst the background of this expanding circulation of capital and slave labor, the first revolution in Latin America took place: the Haitian Revolution, which began in 1791 and culminated with Haiti’s declaration of independence in 1804. Taking the Haitian Revolution as a paradigmatic case, Grüner shows that modernity is not a linear evolution from the center to the periphery but, rather, a co-production developed in the context of highly unequal power relations, where extreme forms of conquest and exploitation were an indispensable part of capital accumulation. He also shows that the Haitian Revolution opened up a path to a different kind of modernity, or “counter-modernity,” a path along which Latin America and the Caribbean have traveled ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA key work of critical theory from a Latin American perspective, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of critical and cultural theory and of Latin America, as well as anyone concerned with the global impact of capitalism, colonialism, and race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface by Gisela Catanzaro\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: The Category of Slavery and Modern Racism \u003cbr\u003e Elements for an Ethno-Historical Sociology of Ancient and Modern Slavery\u003cbr\u003e The Question of Racism\u003cbr\u003e Racism in “Early Modernity” \u003cbr\u003e The Traces of Time    \u003cbr\u003e          A Better World? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: The Rebellion of the (Slave) Masses and the Haitian Revolution \u003cbr\u003e On the Combined and Uneven\u003cbr\u003e From Particularism to (False) Universalism: A “Philosophical Revolution”\u003cbr\u003e The (Uncertain) Logic of Slave Rebellions\u003cbr\u003e The Rest of the Americas \u003cbr\u003e Enter Saint-Domingue\/Haiti \u003cbr\u003e A Portrait of Saint-Domingue\/Haiti in 1791\u003cbr\u003e An Excursus on Vodou and its Revolutionary Character\u003cbr\u003e The Social Complexities of Saint-Domingue\u003cbr\u003e The Confused Dynamic of the Revolution\u003cbr\u003e The Meaning(s) of the Haitian Revolution\u003cbr\u003e On “Creative” Violence\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The Disavowed “Philosophical Revolution”: From Enlightenment Thought to the Crisis of Abstract Universalism \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Shadows in the Enlightenment: Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Slavery \u003cbr\u003e Slavery without Scare Quotes: Between Hegel and Marx\u003cbr\u003e The Black Enlightenment: The Haitian “Constitutional Revolution” \u003cbr\u003e The Difficulties of Theorizing (Haitian) Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Literature and Art Have Their Say\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441795985688,"sku":"9781509535477","price":45.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509535477.jpg?v=1785025853","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-haitian-revolution-capitalism-slavery-and-counter-modernity-hardback-9781509535477","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}