The reason is the radical secularization of our society. Host where did that come from . How did it come about . It came about, its origins emanate from europe. After world war i and even somewhat before but especially after world war i europe decided that everything it believed in was nonsense because of the massacres of world war i, the atrocious loss of life for no apparently good reason. That is a very important point. Everybody understands world war ii was morally necessary. Not everyone believes world war i was. They certainly didnt believe it afterwards, despite the versailles treaty, blaming germany and so on, nevertheless there was a feeling everything we believed in lettuce awry so we will drop religion and drop national identity, we will just become secular citizens of the world. America took its phds from european universities starting in the late 19th century before world war i but nevertheless continuing and i think that is where it develops, where if you are intelligent
Recipient of numerous fellowships including the National Endowment for humidityities. Boston globe calls the slave clause a powerful look at the struggle to end slavery in the United States. Its as multifacetted as the movement it chronicles. Sinha we are so very delighted to have her joining us. Please join me in welcoming manisha sinha. [applause] thank you for that generous introduction, so as you can probably tell from the size of this book. I have said almost everything wanted to about abolition in it. So today i will just briefly outline the book. The slaves cause is a comprehensive history of abolition that reevaluates it as a radical, interavailable, social interracial, social movement. From far nature rowing the boundaries of freedom as selfownership and legitimatizing new forms of servitude and modern forms such as slavianor, abolition gave birth to other political passions. Not restricted to wartime emancipation, the American Abolitionist Movement unfolded in 100year drama,