http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/10/the-black-spartacus/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 14:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/10/the-black-spartacus/comment-page-1/#comment-16733 John Wed, 11 Feb 2004 02:55:15 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1042#comment-16733 James is wonderful, but rather Stalinist. Lots of stuff about how necessary Toussaint's despotism and forced labor projects were, and so forth. Has anybody written a more measured account in latter years? James is wonderful, but rather Stalinist. Lots of stuff about how necessary Toussaint’s despotism and forced labor projects were, and so forth. Has anybody written a more measured account in latter years?

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/10/the-black-spartacus/comment-page-1/#comment-16732 Conrad Barwa Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:55:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1042#comment-16732 <i>For those who don’t know his story, C.L.R. James’s The Black Jacobins is the place to look.</i> Peter Hallward also did a good summation of the Haitian Revolution in <i>Radical Philosophy</i>; bit strong on the revolutionary romanticism but then we are talking about the first major act of Black auto-emancipation in the New World; which has rarely been equalled in its impact, even if the revolutionary regime did degenerate: http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/default.asp?channel_id=2187&editorial_id=14344 For those who don’t know his story, C.L.R. James’s The Black Jacobins is the place to look. Peter Hallward also did a good summation of the Haitian Revolution in Radical Philosophy; bit strong on the revolutionary romanticism but then we are talking about the first major act of Black auto-emancipation in the New World; which has rarely been equalled in its impact, even if the revolutionary regime did degenerate: http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/default.asp?channel_id=2187&editorial_id=14344

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/10/the-black-spartacus/comment-page-1/#comment-16731 Ophelia Benson Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:02:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1042#comment-16731 Besides, look at it, for heaven's sake - it's not a bit purple. Plough, head, dungeon, miserable, patience, bonds, fallen, rise, comfort, powers, air, earth, skies, wind, allies, agonies, mind? What's so purple?! Exaltation and unconquered maybe, but the rest? Not purple at all! Of the earth earthy. Peasanty in fact. Or is it the sentiment that's purple? Well...maybe a bit, but moving all the same, I think. Besides, look at it, for heaven’s sake – it’s not a bit purple. Plough, head, dungeon, miserable, patience, bonds, fallen, rise, comfort, powers, air, earth, skies, wind, allies, agonies, mind? What’s so purple?! Exaltation and unconquered maybe, but the rest? Not purple at all! Of the earth earthy. Peasanty in fact. Or is it the sentiment that’s purple? Well…maybe a bit, but moving all the same, I think.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/10/the-black-spartacus/comment-page-1/#comment-16730 Ophelia Benson Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:57:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1042#comment-16730 Oh, no - I love Wordsworth. The very opposite of ugh. Great stuff. Oh, no – I love Wordsworth. The very opposite of ugh. Great stuff.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/10/the-black-spartacus/comment-page-1/#comment-16729 Andrew Edwards Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:48:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1042#comment-16729 God, romatic poetry can be purple. Ugh. God, romatic poetry can be purple. Ugh.

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