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Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt

Nigel Biggar

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Many people and countries now claim that the West should pay reparations to its former colonies for the economic damages they say they caused. To what extent is the argument about damage correct in the first place? And, if it is correct, what should we now do about it?

Reparations is the sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed Colonialism. It is as a book of significant importance - not least as a study of the psychology of guilt.

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Praise for Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt

  • Praise for - Colonialism'A fascinating read, informative, surprising and written with panache and clarity' - The Times'Carries the intellectual force of a Javeline antitank missile. Colonialism is no apologia for empire... but calls for balance...Biggar acknowledges wickedness in our nation but his version of history calls us to accept the messiness and moral compromises inherent in liberalism' - Sunday Times'The book on the morality of the British Empire, a kind of Encyclopaedia Pacis Britannicae.... a thoughtful, compelling text' - Sunday Telegraph'An important, timely and brave book...the first serious counter blast against the hysterical and ahistorical orthodoxy that has placed such a stranglehold on our public discourse on the British Empire, and as such will prove to be an indispensable handbook in the battles to come. It is also exceedingly well written and compellingly argued' - The Critic

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