Specters of the Atlantic
Baucom, Ian, 1967-
Specters of the Atlantic finance capital, slavery, and the philosophy of history / [electronic resource] : Ian Baucom. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-376) and index.
"Now being" : slavery, speculation, and the measure of our time -- Liverpool, a capital of the long twentieth century -- "Subject $" : or, the "type" of the modern -- "Madam death! madam death!" : credit, insurance, and the Atlantic cycle of capital accumulation -- "Signum rememorativum, demonstrativum, prognostikon" : modernity and the truth event -- "Please decide" : the singular and the speculative -- Specters of the Atlantic : slavery and the witness -- Frontispiece : testimony, rights, and the state of exception -- The view from the window : sympathy, melancholy, and the problem of "humanity" -- The fact of history : on cosmopolitan interestedness -- The imaginary resentment of the dead : a theory of melancholy sentiment -- "To tumble into it, and gasp for breath as we go down" : the idea of suffering -- And the case of liberal cosmopolitanism -- This/such, for instance : the witness against "history" -- "The sea is history" -- "The sea is history" : on temporal accumulation.
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Slave trade--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Slave trade--History--Africa--18th century.
Slave trade--History--America--18th century.
Antislavery movements--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Abolitionists--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Trials--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Capitalism--Social aspects--History--18th century.
HT1162 / .B38 2005
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Specters of the Atlantic finance capital, slavery, and the philosophy of history / [electronic resource] : Ian Baucom. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-376) and index.
"Now being" : slavery, speculation, and the measure of our time -- Liverpool, a capital of the long twentieth century -- "Subject $" : or, the "type" of the modern -- "Madam death! madam death!" : credit, insurance, and the Atlantic cycle of capital accumulation -- "Signum rememorativum, demonstrativum, prognostikon" : modernity and the truth event -- "Please decide" : the singular and the speculative -- Specters of the Atlantic : slavery and the witness -- Frontispiece : testimony, rights, and the state of exception -- The view from the window : sympathy, melancholy, and the problem of "humanity" -- The fact of history : on cosmopolitan interestedness -- The imaginary resentment of the dead : a theory of melancholy sentiment -- "To tumble into it, and gasp for breath as we go down" : the idea of suffering -- And the case of liberal cosmopolitanism -- This/such, for instance : the witness against "history" -- "The sea is history" -- "The sea is history" : on temporal accumulation.
License restrictions may limit access.
0822335581 (cloth : alk. paper) 0822335964 (pbk. : alk. paper) = Specters of the Atlantic
Zong (Ship)
Slave trade--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Slave trade--History--Africa--18th century.
Slave trade--History--America--18th century.
Antislavery movements--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Abolitionists--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Trials--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Capitalism--Social aspects--History--18th century.
HT1162 / .B38 2005
306.3/62