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Montesquieu, Rousseau, Diderot : du genre humain au bois d'ébène

The concept of natural law in question. A critical analysis of slavery from the point of view of the Enlightenment thinkers.
This book traces the development of racism and its scientific explanation, a radical and sometimes appalling questioning of various perspectives of eminent Enlightenment thinkers of Europe, ironically culminating in justifying the unjustifiable.
Montesquieu, Rousseau, Diderot : du genre humain au bois d'ébène

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Author(s) Laurent Estève
Publication Date 16-06-2002 13:00
Publisher UNESCO
Publication Location Paris
Number of Pages 272 p.
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ISBN 92-3-203863-6