Messianic Time Again: On Abolition and Liberalism in Crisis
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DOI: 10.1080/1462317x.2025.2521576
Abstract: ABSTRACT Both its advocates and its opponents depicted the abolition of chattel slavery as apocalyptic. This essay works through the archive of abolitionist rhetoric to examine ways that activists improvised with messianic modes of thought… read more here.
Keywords: abolition; abolition liberalism; time abolition; liberalism crisis ... See more keywords