Anti-slavery discourse and early 19th century transnational views on states, nations and citizens

Susan Legêne

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Abstract

Starting from a close analysis of Ary Scheffer's painting Christus Consolator, this draft article explores the entanglement of citizenship discourse and post-Congress of Vienna state formation, with a focus on slavery discourse that challenges the historiographic 'radical enlightenment' argument.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2019
EventReligion and Nationalism: Conference connected to Peter van der Veer's farewell lecture at Utrecht University, organized in collaboration with Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity - Sweelinckzaal Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Duration: 17 Jun 2019 → 17 Jun 2019
https://www.acrh.eu/application/files/3315/5835/1662/2019-06-17_UtrechtConference.pdf

Conference

ConferenceReligion and Nationalism
CountryNetherlands
CityUtrecht
Period17/06/19 → 17/06/19
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Bibliographical note

This is work in progress. An earlier version has been presented at a Dutch conference on Nov. 9 2018 in Zeist, De Schaduw van de slavernij; Het Reveil en de strijd tegen oude en nieuwe slavernij (The shadow of slavery. Reveil and the fight against historical and new slavery.

Keywords

  • Nationalism
  • Slavery
  • citizenship
  • paintings
  • poems

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