Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History
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"Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History" is a scholarly book by Susan Buck-Morss that reinterprets Hegel’s philosophy of history in light of the Haitian Revolution, arguing for the centrality of this Black Atlantic event to modern concepts of freedom and universality.
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| Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African diaspora studies
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history ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ |
| argues |
that Black Atlantic history is constitutive of philosophical universality
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that Hegel’s thought must be read in the context of Atlantic slavery ⓘ that the Haitian Revolution is central to modern concepts of freedom ⓘ |
| author | Susan Buck-Morss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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United States
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| critiques |
Eurocentric models of universal history
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traditional readings of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Eurocentrism in philosophy of history
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concept of universal history beyond Eurocentric narratives ⓘ relation between Hegel’s master–slave dialectic and slavery in the Americas ⓘ role of the Haitian Revolution in modern political thought ⓘ |
| genre |
intellectual history
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philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical theory
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postcolonial theory ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
global history of the Atlantic world
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race and modernity ⓘ slavery and freedom ⓘ violence and emancipation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Haitian Revolution
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Hegelian philosophy ⓘ critical theory tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black Atlantic
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel NERFINISHED ⓘ Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ modern concepts of freedom ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ universal history ⓘ universality ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking Hegel’s master–slave dialectic to the Haitian Revolution
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reframing universal history through Black Atlantic events ⓘ |
| proposes | a non-Eurocentric concept of universal history ⓘ |
| publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Phenomenology of Spirit
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The Black Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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