Casimir, Jean — The Haitians: A Decolonial History (2020) Source Information

Casimir, Jean — The Haitians: A Decolonial History (2020) Source Information Author: Jean Casimir (b. 1934), Haitian sociologist and historian Full Title: The Haitians: A Decolonial History Translator: Laurent Dubois Foreword: Walter D. Mignolo Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill Year: 2020 (English translation; original French published earlier) Type: Secondary Source — Decolonial History, Sociology Location in Vault: research/secondary-sources/ Extracted Text: casimir haitians.txt Overview Groundbreaking thesis: Casimir argues that Haiti produced two distinct social formations after 1804: The State — A modern/colonial nation-state modeled on French institutions, operating in French, serving elite interests The Sovereign People — The counter-plantation system (système contre-plantation), operating in Kreyòl, organized through Vodou and the lakou, representing the true Haitian Revolution Central argument: The Haitian Revolution was not merely the creation of a state, but "the destruction of a slave system through the creation of a national community" — a community that exists outside and despite the state apparatus.