Reconsidering reparations

Reconsidering reparations

by Táíwò, Olúfẹmi O.

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"Christopher Columbus' voyage changed the world forever because the era of racial slavery and colonialism that it started built the world in the first place. The irreversible environmental damage of history's first planet-sized political and economic system is responsible for our present climate crisis. Reparations calls for us to make the world over again: this time, justly. The project of reparations and racial justice in the 21st century must take climate justice head on. The book develops a…

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  • Full title :Reconsidering reparations / Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.

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"Christopher Columbus' voyage changed the world forever because the era of racial slavery and colonialism that it started built the world in the first place. The irreversible environmental damage of history's first planet-sized political and economic system is responsible for our present climate crisis. Reparations calls for us to make the world over again: this time, justly. The project of reparations and racial justice in the 21st century must take climate justice head on. The book develops arguments about the role of racial capitalism in global politics, addresses other views of reparations, and summarizes perspectives on environmental racism"--

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  • Publication Date:©2022

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  • Description:x, 261 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.

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Table of Contents

Reconsidering world history -- The constructive view -- What's missing -- What's next : why reparations require climate justice -- The arc of the moral universe -- Appendix A: The Malê revolt -- Appendix B: Colonialism and climate vulnerability.

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Environmental justice -- Philosophy Justice environnementale -- Philosophie Réparations des crimes de l'histoire --… Reparations for historical injustices -…

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Táíwò, Olúfẹmi O.

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