Reparations
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Reparations

Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt

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eBook - ePub

Reparations

Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt

About this book

'Compelling and timely' Tirthankar Roy

'Essential reading' David Eltis

Many now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. Why is this claim being made now? How far does it make sense? And, more generally, how can historic wrongs be righted?

Reparations removes the sloganeering from a newly-fashionable cause, sets the issue in its proper historical context, and mounts an ethical counter-argument. The natural sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed  Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, it makes a powerful contribution to an increasingly prominent public debate.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Preface
  4. 1 • Introduction: Why Now?
  5. 2 • Judging the Past
  6. 3 • Context 1: Slavery’s Universality
  7. 4 • British Slavery
  8. 5 • Context 2: African Complicity
  9. 6 • Context 3: British Abolition
  10. 7 • Context 4: British Anti-Slavery
  11. 8 • The Post-Colonial Caribbean
  12. 9 • Naked Emperor I: Hilary Beckles
  13. 10 • Naked Emperor Ii: The Brattle Report
  14. 11 • Making Amends for Historic Wrongs
  15. 12 • The Church of England’s Rush to Repentance
  16. 13 • In Sum: Why Slavery Reparations Don’t Add Up
  17. 14 • Conclusion: So Why the Lust for Self-Condemnation?
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Copyright Page