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Alex Dupuy is a retired sociology professor emeritus and author in the United States. He chaired Wesleyan University’s African American Studies department and was its John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology.[1] Born in Haiti,[2] he has written books and essays on Haiti.[3] An oral interview with him was recorded by Wesleyan in March 2019.[4]

Dupuy's work engages with the writings of Karl Marx and the history of capitalism. He argues for the primary importance of class in understanding the Haitian Revolution,[5] writing that race is a "purely ideological construct developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to justify the enslavement of Africans in the European colonies of the Americas".[6] He criticized the common understanding of how the Revolution affected Hegel's concept of the "master-slave dialectic", arguing that Hegel's racism and his ignorance about slavery in the Americas makes this supposed influence profoundly unlikely.[7]

Writings

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  • “A Neo-Liberal Model for Post-Duvalier Haiti,” unpublished manuscript, 1995[8]
  • Haiti: From Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens: Essays on the Politics and Economics of Underdevelopment, 1804–2013, Westview Press (1988)[9][10]
  • The Prophet and Power; Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the international community, and Haiti, Rowman & Littlefield (2007)[11][12]
  • Haiti In The World Economy; Class, Race, And Underdevelopment Since 1700, Routledge (2019), reprint of 1989 book[13][14][15][16]
  • Rethinking the Haitian Revolution; Slavery, Independence, and the Struggle for Recognition Rowman & Littlefield (2019)[17]
  • Haiti in the New World Order; The Limits of Democratic Revolution Westview Press (1997)[18][2]

Articles (selected)

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  • “Slavery and underdevelopment in the Caribbean: A critique of the “plantation economy” perspective” 1983[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Alex Dupuy - Faculty, Wesleyan University".
  2. ^ a b Gros, Jean-Germain (2000). "Haiti: The Political Economy and Sociology of Decay and Renewal". Latin American Research Review. 35 (3): 210–221. doi:10.1017/S0023879100018720. ISSN 0023-8791. JSTOR 2692049.
  3. ^ McClendon, John H. (2005). C.L.R. James's Notes on Dialectics: Left Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism?. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739109250.
  4. ^ https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/object/ohp-37
  5. ^ Fatton, Robert (2015). "Review of Haiti: From Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens: Essays on the Politics and Economics of Underdevelopment, 1804–2013". NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 89 (3/4): 358–360. doi:10.1163/22134360-08903024. ISSN 1382-2373. JSTOR 24713962.
  6. ^ Haiti: From Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens: Essays on the Politics and Economics of Underdevelopment, 1804–2013, Westview Press (1988), p. 75
  7. ^ Dubois, Laurent (2020). "Review of Rethinking the Haitian Revolution: Slavery, Independence, and the Struggle for Recognition". NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 94 (3/4): 319–320. doi:10.1163/22134360-09403011. ISSN 1382-2373. JSTOR 27130316.
  8. ^ Sepinwall, Alyssa Goldstein (2013). Haitian History: New Perspectives. Routledge. ISBN 9780415808675.
  9. ^ Fatton, Robert (2015). "Reviewed work: Haiti: From Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens: Essays on the Politics and Economics of Underdevelopment, 1804–2013, Alex Dupuy". NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 89 (3/4): 358–360. doi:10.1163/22134360-08903024. JSTOR 24713962.
  10. ^ Smith, Matthew J. (2015). "Review of Haiti: From Revolutionary Slaves to Powerless Citizens; Essays on the Politics and Economics of Underdevelopment, 1804-2013". Journal of Haitian Studies. 21 (2): 380–383. ISSN 1090-3488. JSTOR 43741137.
  11. ^ Dupuy, Alex (2007). The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742538313.
  12. ^ Ramos, Aarón Gamaliel (2009). "Review of The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti". Caribbean Studies. 37 (1): 292–296. ISSN 0008-6533. JSTOR 25622729.
  13. ^ Dupuy, Alex (11 April 2019). Haiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment Since 1700. Routledge. ISBN 9780429721885.
  14. ^ Plummer, Brenda (1990). "Review of Haiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment since 1700". The International History Review. 12 (2): 370–373. ISSN 0707-5332. JSTOR 40106193.
  15. ^ Knight, Franklin W. (1990). "Review of Haiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment Since 1700". The Journal of Economic History. 50 (3): 747–748. doi:10.1017/S0022050700037517. ISSN 0022-0507. JSTOR 2122853. S2CID 154797020.
  16. ^ Hunt, Alfred (July 1990). "Haiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment since 1700. By Alex Dupuy". The Americas. 47 (1): 120–122. doi:10.2307/1006735. ISSN 0003-1615. JSTOR 1006735. S2CID 148227816.
  17. ^ Dupuy, Alex (18 March 2019). Rethinking the Haitian Revolution: Slavery, Independence, and the Struggle for Recognition. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442261129.
  18. ^ Dupuy, Alex (18 April 2019). Haiti in the New World Order: The Limits of the Democratic Revolution. Routledge. ISBN 9780429720369.
  19. ^ Dupuy, Alex (1983). "Slavery and underdevelopment in the Caribbean: A critique of the ?plantation economy? Perspective". Dialectical Anthropology. 7 (3): 237–251. doi:10.1007/BF00244500. S2CID 144941320.
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