02659nam 22006134a 450 991078410630332120230828224742.00-8166-9620-9(CKB)1000000000346731(EBL)310734(OCoLC)560268935(SSID)ssj0000134871(PQKBManifestationID)11157556(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134871(PQKBWorkID)10056134(PQKB)11730755(MiAaPQ)EBC310734(OCoLC)85867533(MdBmJHUP)muse39017(Au-PeEL)EBL310734(CaPaEBR)ebr10159379(CaONFJC)MIL522449(EXLCZ)99100000000034673120050929d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDark side of the light[electronic resource] slavery and the French Enlightenment /Louis Sala-Molins ; translated and with an introduction by John Conteh-MorganMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20061 online resource (204 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4389-X 0-8166-4388-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-162) and index.Contents; Translator's Introduction: The Color of the Enlightenment; Dark Side of the Light: Slavery and the French Enlightenment; Preface; 1. Condorcet, ""Lamenting""; 2. The Market of Equals; 3. Of Men and (Under) Dogs; Epilogue; Notes; IndexTranslated into English for the first time, Dark Side of the Light scrutinizes Condorcet's Reflections on Negro Slavery and the works of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot side by side with the Code Noir (the royal document that codified the rules of French Caribbean slavery). In doing so, renowned French intellectual Louis Sala-Molins uncovers attempts to uphold the humanist project of the Enlightenment while simultaneously justifying slavery.SlaveryFranceColoniesHistory18th centuryAbolitionistsFranceHistory18th centuryEnlightenmentFranceWest Indies, FrenchRace relationsHistory18th centurySlaveryColoniesHistoryAbolitionistsHistoryEnlightenment306.3/62094409033Sala-Molins Louis200235MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784106303321Dark side of the light3775957UNINA