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Classiques Garnier

L’Anatomie de la noirceur Science et esclavage à l’âge des Lumières

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  • Abstract: Exploring eighteenth-century travel narratives, natural history, works on anatomy, philosophical texts, and pro- and anti-slavery texts, this book reveals the relationship between scholarly ideas, commercial profit, and the violence inflicted on black Africans in the colonies.
  • Number of pages: 333
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-06403-9
  • ISSN: 2104-6395
  • DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06405-3
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
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  • Keyword: Africain, colonisation, esclavage, histoire naturelle, littérature du xviiie siècle, philosophie, sciences, voyages