Reparations 9781800755598 Hardback

ATelegraphBook of the Year 2025’Compelling and timely’ Tirthankar Roy’Essential reading’ David EltisMany now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. Why is this claim being made now? How far does it make sense? And, more generally, how can historic wrongs be righted?Reparationsremoves the sloganeering from a newly-fashionable cause, sets the issue in its proper historical context, and mounts an ethical counter-argument. The natural sequel to Nigel Biggar’s bestselling and widely acclaimedColonialism: A Moral Reckoning, it makes a powerful contribution to an increasingly prominent public debate.