Slavery and Race

Philosophical Debates in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

AvJulia Jorati

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Beskrivning

Philosophers from Europe and colonial America engaged in heated debates about the morality of slavery in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and these debates provide insights into the roots of modern racism. Julia Jorati explores the philosophical ideas, theories, and arguments that are central to early modern discussions of slavery. Some texts explicitly examine the morality of the transatlantic slave trade or of the enslavement of indigenous people in the Americas; others discuss slavery in predominantly theoretical ways. Based on these texts, Jorati shows that race and slavery came to be closely associated in this period. This association was often made through an endorsement of the theory of natural slavery: Black and indigenous people were commonly viewed as natural slaves, or naturally destined for slavery. The theory that some people are natural slaves also features prominently in theoretical discussions of slavery, and many philosophers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries embraced versions of it. Jorati surveys a wide range of historical material, from the views of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, to many less widely studied philosophers like Gabrielle Suchon, Morgan Godwyn, and Epifanio de Moirans. Jorati's volume, along with its companion Slavery and Race: Philosophical Debates in the Eighteenth Century, illustrates the significance and philosophical sophistication of early modern debates about slavery, and serves as a valuable resource for scholars, instructors, and students who are curious about this widely neglected topic.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-08-04
Mått:156 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt:1 400 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford New Histories of Philosophy
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780197659489
Utmärkelser:Winner, JHP Annual Book Prize

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Slaveri inom Historia och arkeologi
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Julia Jorati is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She specializes in early modern philosophy with a particular focus on metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and ethics. In addition to numerous articles about Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and several other early modern philosophers, she has authored the books Slavery and Race: Philosophical Debates in the Eighteenth Century (2024) and Leibniz on Causation and Agency (2017). She is also the editor of Powers: A History (2021).

Recensioner i media

I expect Slavery and Race to reshape curricula and research agendas in the history of philosophy, increasing diversity in terms of both themes and thinkers studied whilst promoting dialogues with adjacent disciplines in the humanities. Rigorously argued and full of insights, I highly recommend it.

Innehållsförteckning

Series editors' forewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Sixteenth-century debates about slavery and the Spanish conquest1.1 Francisco Tenamaztle1.2 Francisco de Vitoria1.3 Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda1.4 Bartolomé de las Casas1.5 José de Acosta2. Slavery, natural equality, and natural law in seventeenth-century Europe2.1 Francisco Suárez2.2 Hugo Grotius2.3 Samuel Pufendorf2.4 Gabrielle Suchon3. Slavery and social contract theory in seventeenth-century Europe3.1 Thomas Hobbes3.2 Algernon Sidney3.3 John Locke4. Natural inequality and natural slavery in seventeenth-century Europe4.1 Francis Bacon4.2 Yves de Paris4.3 Pierre Gassendi4.4 Johannes von Felden4.5 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz5. Critiques of transatlantic slavery in seventeenth-century Europe and America5.1 Alonso de Sandoval5.2 Quaker antislavery writings5.3 Richard Baxter5.4 Morgan Godwyn5.5 Epifanio de Moirans5.6 Thomas Tryon5.7 Aphra Behn5.8 Samuel Sewall5.9 ConclusionBibliographyIndex