Black Spartacus
Autor Sudhir Hazareesinghen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 sep 2021
"Black Spartacus is a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time . . . An extraordinarily gripping read." -David A. Bell, The Guardian
A new interpretation of the life of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture
Among the defining figures of the Age of Revolution, Toussaint Louverture is the most enigmatic. Though the Haitian revolutionary's image has multiplied across the globe-appearing on banknotes and in bronze, on T-shirts and in film-the only definitive portrait executed in his lifetime has been lost. Well versed in the work of everyone from Machiavelli to Rousseau, he was nonetheless dismissed by Thomas Jefferson as a "cannibal." A Caribbean acolyte of the European Enlightenment, Toussaint nurtured a class of black Catholic clergymen who became one of the pillars of his rule, while his supporters also believed he communicated with vodou spirits. And for a leader who once summed up his modus operandi with the phrase "Say little but do as much as possible," he was a prolific and indefatigable correspondent, famous for exhausting the five secretaries he maintained, simultaneously, at the height of his power in the 1790s.
Employing groundbreaking archival research and a keen interpretive lens, Sudhir Hazareesingh restores Toussaint to his full complexity in Black Spartacus. At a time when his subject has, variously, been reduced to little more than a one-dimensional icon of liberation or criticized for his personal failings-his white mistresses, his early ownership of slaves, his authoritarianism -Hazareesingh proposes a new conception of Toussaint's understanding of himself and his role in the Atlantic world of the late eighteenth century. Black Spartacus is a work of both biography and intellectual history, rich with insights into Toussaint's fundamental hybridity-his ability to unite European, African, and Caribbean traditions in the service of his revolutionary aims. Hazareesingh offers a new and resonant interpretation of Toussaint's racial politics, showing how he used Enlightenment ideas to argue for the equal dignity of all human beings while simultaneously insisting on his own world-historical importance and the universal pertinence of blackness-a message which chimed particularly powerfully among African Americans.
Ultimately, Black Spartacus offers a vigorous argument in favor of "getting back to Toussaint"-a call to take Haiti's founding father seriously on his own terms, and to honor his role in shaping the postcolonial world to come.
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize | Finalist for the PEN / Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Named a best book of the year by the The Economist | Times Literary Supplement | New Statesman
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781250800053
ISBN-10: 1250800056
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 206 x 134 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Pan Macmillan
ISBN-10: 1250800056
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 206 x 134 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Pan Macmillan
Cuprins
Introduction: The Originality of Toussaint Louverture
Part One A Revolutionary is Born
1 The Soul of a Free Man
2 The Gates of Destiny
3 Brave Republican Warriors
Part Two The Making of the Louverturian Order
4 A Single Family of Friends and Brothers
5 The Agent is Unwell
6 Virtuous Citizens
Part Three Toussaint in Power
7 Great Latitude
8 No Time to Lose
9 In the Region of Eagles
Part Four The Leader and his Myth
10 Rapid and Uncertain Movements
11 The Tree of Black Liberty
12 A Universal Hero 327
Part One A Revolutionary is Born
1 The Soul of a Free Man
2 The Gates of Destiny
3 Brave Republican Warriors
Part Two The Making of the Louverturian Order
4 A Single Family of Friends and Brothers
5 The Agent is Unwell
6 Virtuous Citizens
Part Three Toussaint in Power
7 Great Latitude
8 No Time to Lose
9 In the Region of Eagles
Part Four The Leader and his Myth
10 Rapid and Uncertain Movements
11 The Tree of Black Liberty
12 A Universal Hero 327
Notă biografică
Sudhir
Hazareesinghwas
born
in
Mauritius.
He
is
a
Fellow
of
the
British
Academy
and
has
been
a
Fellow
and
Tutor
in
Politics
at
Balliol
College,
Oxford,
since
1990.
He
has
written
extensively
about
French
intellectual
and
cultural
history;
among
his
books
areThe
Legend
of
Napoleon,In
the
Shadow
of
the
GeneralandHow
the
French
Think.
He
won
the
Prix
du
Mémorial
d'Ajaccio
and
the
Prix
de
la
Fondation
Napoléon
for
the
first
of
these,
a
Prix
d'Histoire
du
Sénat
for
the
second,
and
the
Grand
Prix
du
Livre
d'Idées
for
the
third.
In
2020,
he
became
a
Grand
Commander
of
the
Order
of
the
Star
and
Key
of
the
Indian
Ocean
(G.C.S.K.),
the
highest
honour
of
the
Republic
of
Mauritius.
Recenzii
This
is
an
erudite
and
elegant
biography
with
a
message
that
resonates
strongly
in
our
own
time
remarkable ... the sharpest portrait yet of Louverture ...Black Spartacusis a triumph. It takes a nearly impossibly complex history and weaves it into a compelling and accurate narrative that reads like fiction.
Black Spartacusis a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time...an extraordinarily gripping read.
There is no better literary contribution to the year of Black Lives Matter than Sudhir Hazareesingh'sBlack Spartacus, an authoritative biography of Toussaint Louverture, who led the successful "slave revolt" in Haiti and paved the way for Haitian independence.
an outstanding biography that breaks fresh ground and scrapes the crust of folklore, and cliché, from the Toussaint story...scrupulous and absorbing...After the summer of 2020, there could hardly be a more urgent and valuable book.
Thisthrilling, magisterial, superb biography, full of new material, tells the extraordinary swashbuckling, bloodspattered, inspirational life of Toussaint, brilliant leader of the Haitian slave revolt against France
Lustrous pearls ... scattered throughoutBlack Spartacus, turn this detailed, blow-by-blow account of Toussaint's military exploits into a dazzling, complicated narrative...a breath-taking picture of the decade of Toussaint's dream
Sudhir Hazareesingh's engrossing new life is the story of an island as well as a man ... Hazareesingh brings to the task a voracious appetite for original sources and a discerning ear for those that have the ring of truth. He also has a gift for tracing those threads that reveal a previously unrecognised pattern in the fabric of a life.
WithBlack Spartacus,Sudhir Hazareesingh has produced the fourth - and best - biography of Toussaint Louverture since the bicentenary of Haitian independence ... The book deftly tackles the early stages of the slave uprising and gives one of the most convincing accounts yet of Toussaint's likely role in its opening moves.
Thissuperbnew history of Louverture and his legacy portrays Saint-Domingue as the most profitable slave colony the world had ever known ... with rare narrative verve, Hazareesingh conjures his subject's extraordinary life.
This is a balanced, yet sympathetic, biography which throws light on Toussaint's personality and acknowledges the importance of his political ideals...Toussaint is now a global figure, a byword for Black empowerment, and as such he has become a hero for our times.
Hazareesingh presents a deeply researched, energetic, and comprehensively reenvisioned study of the extraordinary life and still-growing influence of Haiti's liberator and founding father.
a timely study of Toussaint Louverture, hero of Haiti's slave revolt
This timely biography digs deeper into archival material to reveal Louverture's uniquely modern views.
engaging ... a vivid portrait of a complex, captivating and sometimes contradictory leader.
Based on meticulous research in the French archives, Hazareesingh's scholarship deserves the highest praise.
Sudhir Hazareesingh's remarkable book is a sparkling example of the role history can play in society today and, in particular, the importance of shining a light on the often-overlooked experiences of the past.
Sudhir Hazareesingh'sstellar, deeply engrossingBlack Spartacusstill thrums with great potential for our contemporary moment.[Toussaint] shines incandescent in Hazareesingh's tour de force, which has brought an immense amount of new material into the general public domain.The distinguished author, who is a fellow at Oxford's Balliol College, previously specialized in French intellectual and cultural history, and admits in his acknowledgements that he had "never ventured into the history of French colonialism in the Caribbean." But there's also an intriguing biographical element- his roots in the Indian ocean island of Mauritius - that has worked rather serendipitously. As far as this reader is concerned, it's that perspective which has wound up yielding the most original and penetratinginsights inBlack Spartacus.
This book weaves all these threads into a compelling narrative. Reality trumps fiction on every page.
remarkable ... the sharpest portrait yet of Louverture ...Black Spartacusis a triumph. It takes a nearly impossibly complex history and weaves it into a compelling and accurate narrative that reads like fiction.
Black Spartacusis a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time...an extraordinarily gripping read.
There is no better literary contribution to the year of Black Lives Matter than Sudhir Hazareesingh'sBlack Spartacus, an authoritative biography of Toussaint Louverture, who led the successful "slave revolt" in Haiti and paved the way for Haitian independence.
an outstanding biography that breaks fresh ground and scrapes the crust of folklore, and cliché, from the Toussaint story...scrupulous and absorbing...After the summer of 2020, there could hardly be a more urgent and valuable book.
Thisthrilling, magisterial, superb biography, full of new material, tells the extraordinary swashbuckling, bloodspattered, inspirational life of Toussaint, brilliant leader of the Haitian slave revolt against France
Lustrous pearls ... scattered throughoutBlack Spartacus, turn this detailed, blow-by-blow account of Toussaint's military exploits into a dazzling, complicated narrative...a breath-taking picture of the decade of Toussaint's dream
Sudhir Hazareesingh's engrossing new life is the story of an island as well as a man ... Hazareesingh brings to the task a voracious appetite for original sources and a discerning ear for those that have the ring of truth. He also has a gift for tracing those threads that reveal a previously unrecognised pattern in the fabric of a life.
WithBlack Spartacus,Sudhir Hazareesingh has produced the fourth - and best - biography of Toussaint Louverture since the bicentenary of Haitian independence ... The book deftly tackles the early stages of the slave uprising and gives one of the most convincing accounts yet of Toussaint's likely role in its opening moves.
Thissuperbnew history of Louverture and his legacy portrays Saint-Domingue as the most profitable slave colony the world had ever known ... with rare narrative verve, Hazareesingh conjures his subject's extraordinary life.
This is a balanced, yet sympathetic, biography which throws light on Toussaint's personality and acknowledges the importance of his political ideals...Toussaint is now a global figure, a byword for Black empowerment, and as such he has become a hero for our times.
Hazareesingh presents a deeply researched, energetic, and comprehensively reenvisioned study of the extraordinary life and still-growing influence of Haiti's liberator and founding father.
a timely study of Toussaint Louverture, hero of Haiti's slave revolt
This timely biography digs deeper into archival material to reveal Louverture's uniquely modern views.
engaging ... a vivid portrait of a complex, captivating and sometimes contradictory leader.
Based on meticulous research in the French archives, Hazareesingh's scholarship deserves the highest praise.
Sudhir Hazareesingh's remarkable book is a sparkling example of the role history can play in society today and, in particular, the importance of shining a light on the often-overlooked experiences of the past.
Sudhir Hazareesingh'sstellar, deeply engrossingBlack Spartacusstill thrums with great potential for our contemporary moment.[Toussaint] shines incandescent in Hazareesingh's tour de force, which has brought an immense amount of new material into the general public domain.The distinguished author, who is a fellow at Oxford's Balliol College, previously specialized in French intellectual and cultural history, and admits in his acknowledgements that he had "never ventured into the history of French colonialism in the Caribbean." But there's also an intriguing biographical element- his roots in the Indian ocean island of Mauritius - that has worked rather serendipitously. As far as this reader is concerned, it's that perspective which has wound up yielding the most original and penetratinginsights inBlack Spartacus.
This book weaves all these threads into a compelling narrative. Reality trumps fiction on every page.