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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Target entity: Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History Context triple: [Susan Buck-Morss, notableWork, Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History]
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Introduction to the Philosophy of History
Introduction to the Philosophy of History is a seminal work by Raymond Aron that examines the nature, methods, and limits of historical knowledge and understanding.
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The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath
The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath is the second volume of Karl Popper’s critique of historicism and totalitarian thought, focusing on the philosophies of Hegel and Marx and their political legacy.
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Lectures on the Philosophy of History
Lectures on the Philosophy of History is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential view of world history as a rational process expressing the development of human freedom.
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The Concept of History
"The Concept of History" is a philosophical essay by Hannah Arendt that examines how modern understandings of history shape political thought, human action, and our sense of temporal experience.
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E.
From Hegel to Marx
From Hegel to Marx is a philosophical study by Sidney Hook that traces the development of Karl Marx’s thought from its roots in Hegelian idealism to Marx’s mature materialist theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History Target entity description: "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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A.
Introduction to the Philosophy of History
Introduction to the Philosophy of History is a seminal work by Raymond Aron that examines the nature, methods, and limits of historical knowledge and understanding.
-
B.
The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath
The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath is the second volume of Karl Popper’s critique of historicism and totalitarian thought, focusing on the philosophies of Hegel and Marx and their political legacy.
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C.
Lectures on the Philosophy of History
Lectures on the Philosophy of History is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential view of world history as a rational process expressing the development of human freedom.
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D.
The Concept of History
"The Concept of History" is a philosophical essay by Hannah Arendt that examines how modern understandings of history shape political thought, human action, and our sense of temporal experience.
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E.
From Hegel to Marx
From Hegel to Marx is a philosophical study by Sidney Hook that traces the development of Karl Marx’s thought from its roots in Hegelian idealism to Marx’s mature materialist theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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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surface form:
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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