Should Current Generations Make Reparation for Slavery? (Political Theory Today) - Tapa blanda

Thompson, Janna

 
9781509516421: Should Current Generations Make Reparation for Slavery? (Political Theory Today)
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ISBN 10: 1509516425 ISBN 13: 9781509516421
Editorial: Polity Press, 2018

Sinopsis

During the age of empire, European and American colonists perpetrated one of history’s most monstrous crimes: slavery. Millions of Africans were subjected to forced abduction, misery and death as part of the brutal Atlantic slave trade. However, since the perpetrators are long dead, should current generations make reparation for this historic injustice?

In this book, Janna Thompson uses three case studies – France’s treatment of Haiti, Britain’s role in the African slave trade, and the plight of African Americans ‒ to address these questions. She makes a nuanced case for the necessity of reparations, but argues that the exact form they take should vary from case to case, depending on factors both principled and practical.

This engaging book is a highly readable introduction to the issues for students and general readers grappling with the complexities of reparative justice and our responsibility for the darkest aspects of our past.

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Janna Thompson is a professorial fellow in the Politics and Philosophy Department at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.

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Editorial
Polity Press
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1509516425
ISBN 13 
9781509516421
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Número de páginas
140
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