Arbitrary Rule (Paperback)

Slavery appears as a figurative construct during the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century, and again in the American and French revolutions, when radicals represent their treatment as a form of political slavery. What, if anything, does figurative, political slavery have to do with transatlantic slavery? In Arbitrary Rule, Mary Nyquist explores connections between political and chattel slavery by excavating the tradition of Western political thought that justifies actively opposing tyranny. She argues that as powerful rhetorical and conceptual constructs, Greco-Roman political liberty and slavery reemerge at the time of early modern Eurocolonial expansion; they help to create racialized "free" national identities and their "unfree" counterparts in non-European nations represented as inhabiting an earlier, privative age. Arbitrary Rule is the first book to tackle political slavery's discursive complexity, engaging Eurocolonialism, political philosophy, and literary studies, areas of study too often kept apart.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2015
Authors:	Mary Nyquist
Dimensions:	155 x 230 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	435
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-27179-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	0-226-27179-X
Barcode:	9780226271798

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