RT Journal Article
T1 The West in front of the mirror. Liberalism’s contradictions in (post)colonial terms. The Haitian case (1791-present)
A1 Pinto Tortosa, Antonio Jesús
K1 Haití - Política y gobierno - Historia
AB The history of Haiti underlines the major contradictions of western liberalismsince its inception in the eighteenth century. Those contradictionshave lasted up to the present and have become evident in four historicalcontexts: firstly, the start of the Haitian revolution in August 1791showed the actual limits of the liberty, equality, and fraternity that Frenchbourgeoisie proclaimed in Paris. Secondly, when the Dominican Republicbecame independent in February 1844, to get Dominican friendship andcontrol of the area, the United States promised the Dominicans protectionagainst the Haitians, as long as they denied their own African ancestry.Thirdly, the United States continued to interfere in Haitian internal affairsthroughout the twentieth century, determining the miserable fate of thecountry in the following decades. Finally, western intervention in Haitisince the 1980s, ostensibly inspired by the wish to guarantee political,economic, and social freedom, has turned the country into a puppet offoreign interests. The Haitian case underlines the contradictions of liberalism,especially in connection to its postcolonial legacies in the ThirdWorld.
PB Lawrence Wishart
SN ISSN 0969-4331
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28730
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28730
LA spa
NO Pinto Tortosa, Antonio Jesús, ‘The West in front of the mirror. Liberalism’s contradictions in (post)colonial terms. The Haitian case (1791-present)’, Socialist History, 64, 2023, pp. 56-71.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 25 ene 2026