Slavery and Race

Philosophical Debates in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Julia Jorati (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

2024
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-765949-6 (ISBN)

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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.

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).

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Sixteenth-century debates about slavery and the Spanish conquest
1.1 Francisco Tenamaztle
1.2 Francisco de Vitoria
1.3 Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
1.4 Bartolomé de las Casas
1.5 José de Acosta

2. Slavery, natural equality, and natural law in seventeenth-century Europe
2.1 Francisco Suárez
2.2 Hugo Grotius
2.3 Samuel Pufendorf
2.4 Gabrielle Suchon

3. Slavery and social contract theory in seventeenth-century Europe
3.1 Thomas Hobbes
3.2 Algernon Sidney
3.3 John Locke

4. Natural inequality and natural slavery in seventeenth-century Europe
4.1 Francis Bacon
4.2 Yves de Paris
4.3 Pierre Gassendi
4.4 Johannes von Felden
4.5 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

5. Critiques of transatlantic slavery in seventeenth-century Europe and America
5.1 Alonso de Sandoval
5.2 Quaker antislavery writings
5.3 Richard Baxter
5.4 Morgan Godwyn
5.5 Epifanio de Moirans
5.6 Thomas Tryon
5.7 Aphra Behn
5.8 Samuel Sewall
5.9 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	14.07.2024
Reihe/Serie	Oxford New Histories of Philosophy
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 235 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	0-19-765949-7 / 0197659497
ISBN-13	978-0-19-765949-6 / 9780197659496
Zustand	Neuware