Her training is in continental theory, specifically, german critical philosophy and the frankfurt school. Editions of hegel, haiti, and universal history by susan. Hegel, haiti, and universal history susan buckmorss. The essays unexpected movement through art catalogues, political journals, foreign translations, internet blogs, workers newspapers, and college classrooms was in response to the unconventional.
Philosophy and the african diaspora hegel, haiti, and. The book contains two separate but closely related essays. Hegel, haiti, and universal history offers a fundamental reinterpretation of hegel s masterslave dialectic and points to a way forward to free critical theoretical practice from the prisonhouse of its own debates. Hegel and haiti susan buckmorss critical inquiry, vol. The trope of the masterslave dialectic is indebted to hegel s. She is distinguished professor of political science at the cuny graduate center in new york city. She is professor emeritus in the government department of cornell university, ithaca, ny. Jul 01, 2009 susan buck morss s recent offering, hegel, haiti, and universal history, takes critical aim at two targets. Hegel and haiti was something of an intellectual event when it appeared in critical inquiry in the summer of 2000. Frontispiece to the 1785 edition of daniel defoes 1719 novel, robinson crusoe. Hegel, haiti, and universal historyoffers a fundamental reinterpretation of hegel s masterslave dialectic and points to a way forward to free critical theoretical practice from the prisonhouse of its own debates. Buck morss discusses this book in a talk entitled from hegel and haiti to universal history, 2009. Hegel is only known to have mentioned haiti once, in the philosophy of subjective spirit, when he credited the negroes of haiti with having formed a state on christian principles 62 n.
Avaliable format in pdf, epub, mobi, kindle, ebook and audiobook. Hegel, haiti, and universal history by susan buckmorss. What she proposes instead is a universal history worthy of the. The booklength reedition of susan buckmorsss extraordinarily influ ential 2000 critical inquiry essay, hegel and haiti, is a revelation, on both scholarly and.
The article created a critically effervescent discussion as it burst onto the academic scene regarding hegel s relation to the saintdomingue. Susan buckmorss, hegel, haiti, and universal history. Here i will make note of the controversial, yet exciting, findings of susan buck morss 2000 in her essay on hegel and haiti. Historicizing the thought of georg wilhelm friedrich hegel and the actions taken in the haitian revolution, buckmorss examines the startling. Summer 2000, susan buckmorss would publish the influential essay entitled hegel and haiti in critical inquiry vol. According to susan buckmorss in hegel, haiti, and universal history 2009, hegel was influenced by articles about the haitian revolution in minerva. She is currently professor of political science at the cuny graduate center, and professor emeritus in the government department at cornell university, where she taught from 1978 to 2012.
She offers a fundamental reinterpretation of hegel s masterslave dialectic and points to a way forward to free critical theoretical practice from the prisonhouse of. Ania loomba, suvir kaul, matti bunzl, antoinette burton and jed esty eds 2005 postcolonial studies and beyond. Susan buckmorss books hegel, haiti, and universal history. The booklength reedition of susan buck morss s extraordinarily influential 2000 critical inquiry essay, hegel and haiti, is a revelation, on both scholarly and performative levels. Mar 01, 2005 hegel y haiti spanish edition spanish paperback march 1, 2005 by susan buck morss author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Below is the first page of buck morss essay, which she would expand in her 2009 book, hegel, haiti, and universal history. Hegel, haiti, and universal history by susan buck morss pittsburgh, pa. Susan buck morss is an american philosopher and intellectual historian. Susan buckmorss 1942 is distinguished professor of political philosophy at the cuny graduate center, nyc, where she is a core faculty member of the committee on globalization and social change. Reading books literature livros libros word reading reading books livres book. Historicizing the thought of georg wilhelm friedrich hegel and the actions taken in the haitian revolution, buck morss examines the. In this pathbreaking work, susan buck morss draws new connections between history, inequality, social conflict, and human emancipation.
O paradoxo entre o discurso da liberdade e a pratica da. On a scholarly level, the essay that rocked the divisions between the most elite european philosophical traditions and the. Critiques, in summer 2000, susan buck morss would publish the influential essay entitled. Nov 28, 2008 in this pathbreaking work, susan buck morss draws new connections between history, inequality, social conflict, and human emancipation. Buck morss is willing to make the case for haiti, but less so for hegel. Editions of hegel, haiti, and universal history by susan buck. Her interdisciplinary work involves but is not limited to the fields of art history, architecture, comparative literature, cultural. Susan buckmorss texts note on hegel, haiti and universal. Susan buckmorss, hegel, haiti, and universal history logos. As susan buck morss herself has stated, the article hegel and haiti was something of an intellectual event when it appeared in critical inquiry in summer 2000.
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