The Black Jacobins Reader
Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool.
Christian Høgsbjerg is Teaching Fellow in Caribbean History at University College London's Institute of the Americas.
Robert A. Hill is Research Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool.
Christian Høgsbjerg is Teaching Fellow in Caribbean History at University College London's Institute of the Americas.
Robert A. Hill is Research Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
On “Both Sides” of the Haitian Revolution?: Rethinking Direct Democracy and National Liberation in The Black Jacobins
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Published:January 2017
Matthew Quest, 2017. "On “Both Sides” of the Haitian Revolution?: Rethinking Direct Democracy and National Liberation in The Black Jacobins", The Black Jacobins Reader, Charles Forsdick, Christian Høgsbjerg
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In this section, Matthew Quest explores a tension in James’s historical philosophy. James has often been understood as seeking to capture the changing forms of thought and action, spontaneity and organization, in the Haitian revolutionary movement. But was black autonomy secured by the nation-state or the self-emancipation of the slaves themselves?
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