{"product_id":"the-haitian-revolution-capitalism-slavery-and-counter-modernity-paperback-softback-9781509535484","title":"The Haitian Revolution; Capitalism, Slavery and Counter-Modernity (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509535484","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\"\u003e9781509535484, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.1 x 13.7 x 2 cm, 0.34 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\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: The Category of Slavery and Modern Racism \u003cbr\u003eElements for an Ethno-Historical Sociology of Ancient and Modern Slavery\u003cbr\u003eThe Question of Racism\u003cbr\u003eRacism in “Early Modernity” \u003cbr\u003eThe Traces of Time    \u003cbr\u003e         A Better World? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The Rebellion of the (Slave) Masses and the Haitian Revolution \u003cbr\u003eOn the Combined and Uneven\u003cbr\u003eFrom Particularism to (False) Universalism: A “Philosophical Revolution”\u003cbr\u003eThe (Uncertain) Logic of Slave Rebellions\u003cbr\u003eThe Rest of the Americas \u003cbr\u003eEnter Saint-Domingue\/Haiti \u003cbr\u003eA Portrait of Saint-Domingue\/Haiti in 1791\u003cbr\u003eAn Excursus on Vodou and its Revolutionary Character\u003cbr\u003eThe Social Complexities of Saint-Domingue\u003cbr\u003eThe Confused Dynamic of the Revolution\u003cbr\u003eThe Meaning(s) of the Haitian Revolution\u003cbr\u003eOn “Creative” Violence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: The Disavowed “Philosophical Revolution”: From Enlightenment Thought to the Crisis of Abstract Universalism \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShadows in the Enlightenment: Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Slavery \u003cbr\u003eSlavery without Scare Quotes: Between Hegel and Marx\u003cbr\u003eThe Black Enlightenment: The Haitian “Constitutional Revolution” \u003cbr\u003eThe Difficulties of Theorizing (Haitian) Revolution\u003cbr\u003eLiterature and Art Have Their Say\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\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":52472165925144,"sku":"9781509535484","price":16.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509535484.jpg?v=1785720005","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-haitian-revolution-capitalism-slavery-and-counter-modernity-paperback-softback-9781509535484","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}