Manorial Capitalism, Enslavement, and the Logic of Dividuation

by Raphael Sassower

Manorial Capitalism, Enslavement, and the Logic of Dividuation proffers three perspectives on the plantation slave economy of the antebellum South. The first explores the paternal function as exemplified in the structural authority of the lord of the manor both symbolically and operationally. This figure of masculine authority persisted from the Medieval period to orchestrate what is called here Manorial Capitalism. The second examines the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032752645
• ISBN13: 9781032752648
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages