Enslavement: Past and Present
Patterson, Orlando
- 出版商: Polity
- 出版日期: 2025-01-28
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- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 400
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- ISBN: 1509561757
- ISBN-13: 9781509561759
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Slavery is one of humanity's most ancient and persistent inequities. It predates the rise of civilization, played a key role in the growth of Western and Islamic cultures and was an integral part of the emergence and global spread of capitalism. Given its historical significance, it is not surprising that the problem of slavery is still passionately debated today and that modern-day trafficking and forced servitude remain key issues of public concern.
In Enslavement: Past and Present, historical sociologist Orlando Patterson casts a wide net to examine the social, political, and economic complexities of slavery across different eras and societies. Patterson examines slavery at several levels of abstraction, from micro-level relations of domination to the macro-structures of entire societies. Building on the 'bundle of rights' perspective, he reevaluates the definition of slavery, exposing its variegated fabric of iniquities across tribal and advanced pre-modern societies as well as our modern globalized age. Patterson also examines the critical role of women in the history of slavery, the significance of manumission in the formation of Christian doctrine, and the devastating toll of genocide and undaunted revolt of slaves in Jamaican slave society. Concluding with an investigation of contemporary slavery and other forms of servitude, this book urges readers to reckon with the brutal legacies of the past and its alarming modern-day persistence.
Enslavement: Past and Present deepens our understanding of the broad spectrum of evil and human bondage throughout history, an understanding that is essential for contemporary struggles to build a more inclusive society for all.
In Enslavement: Past and Present, historical sociologist Orlando Patterson casts a wide net to examine the social, political, and economic complexities of slavery across different eras and societies. Patterson examines slavery at several levels of abstraction, from micro-level relations of domination to the macro-structures of entire societies. Building on the 'bundle of rights' perspective, he reevaluates the definition of slavery, exposing its variegated fabric of iniquities across tribal and advanced pre-modern societies as well as our modern globalized age. Patterson also examines the critical role of women in the history of slavery, the significance of manumission in the formation of Christian doctrine, and the devastating toll of genocide and undaunted revolt of slaves in Jamaican slave society. Concluding with an investigation of contemporary slavery and other forms of servitude, this book urges readers to reckon with the brutal legacies of the past and its alarming modern-day persistence.
Enslavement: Past and Present deepens our understanding of the broad spectrum of evil and human bondage throughout history, an understanding that is essential for contemporary struggles to build a more inclusive society for all.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
奴隸制是人類最古老且持久的不平等現象之一。它早於文明的興起,對西方和伊斯蘭文化的發展起了關鍵作用,並且是資本主義出現及全球擴展的重要組成部分。考慮到其歷史意義,奴隸制問題至今仍然受到熱烈辯論,現代的販賣人口和強迫勞動仍然是公共關注的關鍵議題。
在《奴役:過去與現在》中,歷史社會學家奧蘭多·帕特森(Orlando Patterson)廣泛探討了不同時代和社會中奴隸制的社會、政治和經濟複雜性。帕特森從多個抽象層面檢視奴隸制,從微觀層面的支配關係到整個社會的宏觀結構。他基於「權利的束」觀點,重新評估奴隸制的定義,揭示了在部落和先進的前現代社會以及我們現代全球化時代中,奴隸制所構成的多樣不平等的結構。帕特森還探討了女性在奴隸制歷史中的關鍵角色、解放對基督教教義形成的重要性,以及牙買加奴隸社會中種族滅絕的毀滅性影響和奴隸不屈反抗的代價。書中最後調查了當代奴隸制和其他形式的勞役,敦促讀者面對過去的殘酷遺產及其在現代的驚人持續性。
《奴役:過去與現在》加深了我們對歷史上各種邪惡和人類束縛的廣泛理解,這種理解對當代為所有人建立更具包容性的社會的鬥爭至關重要。
作者簡介
Orlando Patterson is John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books including Slavery and Social Death (1982) and Freedom in the Making of Western Culture (1991), which won the 1991 National Book Award for Non-Fiction. His most recent publications include The Cultural Matrix: Understanding Black Youth and The Paradox of Freedom: A Biographical Dialogue (co-authored with David Scott).
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Orlando Patterson 是哈佛大學的 John Cowles 社會學教授。他著有多本書籍,包括《奴隸制與社會死亡》(1982年)和《自由與西方文化的形成》(1991年),後者獲得1991年全國圖書獎非小說類獎項。他最近的出版作品包括《文化矩陣:理解黑人青年》和《自由的悖論:一場傳記對話》(與 David Scott 共同撰寫)。