Preface -- The authoritarian imagination -- The cybernetics of enslavement -- Slavery and reactance -- The legal architecture of freedom -- White reactance following emancipation -- Carcerality and freedom of movement -- Anomalies in the ideologies of domination -- Conclusion : freedom as the process of becoming human.
Summary:
"Cooper shows how the reaction to slavery unveiled the characteristics of freedom and established the foundation for the human rights movement. The book demonstrates how the legacy of slavery continues to shape individual identity as well as the nature of state power to exercise discipline and control over its citizens"-- Provided by publisher.
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