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The Law of Nature. Slavery, Terror, and Human Rights in Light of L’esclavage des nègres, ou l’heureux naufrage (1789) by Olympe de Gouges The article analyzes Olympe de Gouges’ play L’esclavage des nègres, ou l’heureux naufrage (1789) and focus on its ambiguous concept of a law of nature. I disting...
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The Law of Nature. Slavery, Terror, and Human Rights in Light of L’esclavage des nègres, ou l’heureux naufrage (1789) by Olympe de Gouges
The article analyzes Olympe de Gouges’ play L’esclavage des nègres, ou l’heureux naufrage (1789) and focus on its ambiguous concept of a law of nature. I distinguish between an inclusive, universal nature and an exclusive, particular understanding of nature, and aim to demonstrate how this equivocal concept mirrors a continuity between, on the one hand, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), and, on the other hand, the legislation of Robespierre’s Terror regime. Hence, as opposed to recent works on the human rights of the enlightenment by scholars such as Lynn Hunt and Jonathan Israel, I draw inspiration from Susan Maslan and Dan Edelstein and argue that the human rights of the eighteenth century testify to an unsolved problem of the limits of inclusion. This has important implications for the question of slavery. Instead of arguing an all-out abolition of slavery in the French colonies, Olympe de Gouges promotes an idea of order in the colonies. Basically, the principle of slavery is withheld while the concrete praxis of slavery is criticized.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d07d9e9bdea445b1a0e6e41f2d1cb1172023-10-16T09:32:19ZdanFöreningen för utgivande av Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskapTidskrift för Litteraturvetenskap2001-094X2013-01-0143110.54797/tfl.v43i1.10888Naturens lovJonas Ross Kjærgård The Law of Nature. Slavery, Terror, and Human Rights in Light of L’esclavage des nègres, ou l’heureux naufrage (1789) by Olympe de Gouges The article analyzes Olympe de Gouges’ play L’esclavage des nègres, ou l’heureux naufrage (1789) and focus on its ambiguous concept of a law of nature. I distinguish between an inclusive, universal nature and an exclusive, particular understanding of nature, and aim to demonstrate how this equivocal concept mirrors a continuity between, on the one hand, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), and, on the other hand, the legislation of Robespierre’s Terror regime. Hence, as opposed to recent works on the human rights of the enlightenment by scholars such as Lynn Hunt and Jonathan Israel, I draw inspiration from Susan Maslan and Dan Edelstein and argue that the human rights of the eighteenth century testify to an unsolved problem of the limits of inclusion. This has important implications for the question of slavery. Instead of arguing an all-out abolition of slavery in the French colonies, Olympe de Gouges promotes an idea of order in the colonies. Basically, the principle of slavery is withheld while the concrete praxis of slavery is criticized. https://publicera.kb.se/tfl/article/view/10888Olympe de Gougesslaveryhuman rightsthe concept of naturethe French Revolution |
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