Unlike the American and French Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution was the first in a modern state to implement human rights universally and unconditionally. Going well beyond the selective emancipation of white adult male property owners, the Haitian Revolution is of vital importance, Nick Nesbitt argues, in thinking today about the urgent problems of social justice, human rights, imperialism, torture, and, above all, human freedom.
Combining archival research, political philosophy, and intellectual history, Nesbitt explores this fundamental event of modern history--the invention of...
Unlike the American and French Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution was the first in a modern state to implement human rights universally and uncond...
Unlike the American and French Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution was the first in a modern state to implement human rights universally and unconditionally. Going well beyond the selective emancipation of white adult male property owners, the Haitian Revolution is of vital importance, Nick Nesbitt argues, in thinking today about the urgent problems of social justice, human rights, imperialism, torture, and, above all, human freedom.
Combining archival research, political philosophy, and intellectual history, Nesbitt explores this fundamental event of modern history--the invention of...
Unlike the American and French Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution was the first in a modern state to implement human rights universally and uncond...
