An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America

"[A] bracingly original book." —Harold Holzer, Wall Street Journal

This is a story about a dangerous idea—one which ignited revolutions in America, France, and Haiti; burst across Europe in the revolutions of 1848; and returned to inflame a new generation of intellectuals to lead the abolition movement—the idea that all me...