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White Skins, Black Masks: The Leiderman's Cat and the Foreign Farce that Feeds on Haitian Ruin

by Jacques-Raphaël Georges Ph. D. , M. Gérard Georges Esq
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9798369465103
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Xlibris Us
  • Publisher Imprint: Xlibris Us
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  • Pages: 118
  • Original Price: GBP 29.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 273 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Political

"The Leiderman's Cat Theory...". This subtitle stems from an article authored by Dr. Jacques Raph�l Georges and published in the weekly Haitian paper, Ha�ti Observateur, in 2025. This book explores the collapse of political consciousness in post-constitutional Haiti through a philosophical allegory centered on "Leiderman's Cat." Using the distinction between simple consciousness and self-consciousness, it argues that Haitian political actors-elite and masses alike-operate without reflective awareness, institutional memory, or legal internalization. Drawing on Schopenhauer, Bucke, and Sartre, the author asserts that power in Haiti is experienced not as a function of law but as an arbitrary fact of nature. Through biting satire and philosophical analysis, the article reveals how Haiti's elite, intellectuals, and politicians mirror the instinctual behaviors of animals-sentient but not self-aware. The cat becomes a metaphor for a failed state trapped in ritual, illusion, and performative governance. Ultimately, the author calls for a radical reset, placing justice, legal consciousness, and civic responsibility at the core of national reconstruction.

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