Abstract:Modernity is a notion widely debated, whether it is the periodization of modernity or the attributes defining the modern period. Jürgen Habermas situates the Enlightenment as a moment of critique of the early-modern period and the reimagining of modernity after the Age of Reason. This chapter argues that Habermas’s call for completing the unfinished project of the Enlightenment fails to acknowledge the defining moment of modernity—New World slavery—and the agents of the modernizing process—the slaves. The chap… Show more
“…For a survey of Douglass's activity in Scotland see the interactive website produced by the National Library of Scotland https://geo.nls.uk/maps/douglass/scotland.html. See also Pettinger (2018) and Gilroy (2022).…”
“…For a survey of Douglass's activity in Scotland see the interactive website produced by the National Library of Scotland https://geo.nls.uk/maps/douglass/scotland.html. See also Pettinger (2018) and Gilroy (2022).…”
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