La potencia de los esclavos
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2018-03-23
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Universidad EAFIT
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En una carta del 20 de julio de 1664 Spinoza le relata a su amigo Peter Balling un sueño con “cierto brasileño, negro y sarnoso”. Tal vez sea esa la única mención en la obra spinozista que refiere al Nuevo Mundo, donde Holanda poseía colonias. A partir de ese sueño, el presente trabajo inquiere sobre la coexistencia de las filosofías modernas de la libertad con la esclavitud real de miles de seres humanos en América, y en particular sobre el silencio de Spinoza en relación con la trata de esclavos africanos en tierras americanas.
In a letter of July 20, 1664 Spinoza tells his friend Peter Balling a dream with “a certain black and leprous Brazilian”. Maybe that’s the one and only mention into Spinoza’s work that refers to the New World -where Holland had colonies. From that dream, the present text inquiries about the coexistence of the modern philosophies of freedom with the real slavery of thousands of human beings in America, and in particular about the silence of Spinoza regarding the slave trade in the American colonies.
In a letter of July 20, 1664 Spinoza tells his friend Peter Balling a dream with “a certain black and leprous Brazilian”. Maybe that’s the one and only mention into Spinoza’s work that refers to the New World -where Holland had colonies. From that dream, the present text inquiries about the coexistence of the modern philosophies of freedom with the real slavery of thousands of human beings in America, and in particular about the silence of Spinoza regarding the slave trade in the American colonies.